Croatian inventions and inventors

By ervindajic

  • The tie

    The tie
    The tie is considered to be the original Croatian product and spread to Europe in the 17th century through the Croatian soldiers in the Thirty Years' War, where it became a recognizable fashion detail.

  • The torpedo

    The torpedo
    The naval officer and inventor Ivan Blaž Lupis built a prototype of an explosive weapon which could be used to attack enemy ships.

  • The dactyloscopy

    The dactyloscopy
    Ivan Vučetić was a criminalist employed in the police force. He was one of the founders of dactyloscopy and invented system for classifying fingerprints.

  • The airship

    The airship
    The Croatian aviation architect of Ungarian origin, David Schwarz, made the first steerable airship with a metal frame.But, the credit for invention went to Ferdinand Zeppelin.

  • The ballpoint pen

    The ballpoint pen
    Slavoljub Penkala, Croatian inventor of Polish origin, invented famous ballpoint pen, which the Penkala factory sold in around 70 countries.

  • Vegeta

    Vegeta
    In 1959 Vegeta invented Zlatar Bartl, who at that time was the head of the team at the Podravka research lab.

  • The electric car

    The electric car
    The first copy of the electric car invented by Mate Rimac was delivered in January 2013 to an unknown buyer.