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inventor: Karl Probst
description: With Ford's assistance, the Jeep became one of the most important pieces of machinery in the war. It was used to build bridges, haul ammunition and troops, clear roads, provide impromptu altars, be an ambulance, provide battlefield support with mounted machine guns, and of course, just be a car. -
technological inventions during the time period
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inventor: Konrad Zuse
description: The Z3 computer was one of the first computers ever built and serves as the backbone for the far more technologically advanced computers we have today so in other words, we would not have the technology we have today if the Z3 was never created -
inventor: Jacques Cousteau, Emile Gagnan
description: Divers and diving operations today have have had quite a negative impact on the environment, causing direct damage as well as indirect damage through pollution and development. -
inventor: Willem Kolff
description: This machine is still used today to make sure that your bloodstream is properly purified when your kidneys are unable to do it, therefore, saving thousands of lives a year. -
inventor: Robert Oppenheimer
Description: The atomic bombing of Japan was a hugely significant final act of the most destructive global conflict in human history. Simultaneously, it signaled the dawn of the atomic age, the arms race between the US and the Soviet Union and - before too long - the cold war. today it acts as pretty much the main reason to not go to war. -
inventor: Percy Spencer, Robert N. Hall
description: The microwave allows us to almost instantly heat up any type of food so it is ready to be properly eaten. -
inventor: John Bardeen, William Shockley, Walter Brattain
Description: Transistors transformed the world of electronics and had a huge impact on computer design. Transistors made of semiconductors replaced tubes in the construction of computers. By replacing bulky and unreliable vacuum tubes with transistors, computers could now perform the same functions, using less power and space.
