The best thing invented since sliced bread is ___________________ And History of it.

AtLast · 07-06-2011, 04:38 PM

Clumping cat litter!

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For nerd fun:

The Rise and Fall of Clumping Clay Litter
http://cats.about.com/cs/litterbox/a/clumpingclay_2.htm

1928 - Sliced Bread Invented-
http://history1900s.about.com/od/192...licedbread.htm

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Jess · 07-06-2011, 04:45 PM

The THERMOS! Keeps hot food hot, cold food cold... how do it know???

tapu · 07-06-2011, 04:45 PM

The Flush Toilet

For its development history (too long to write out here), see The History of Plumbing by Hodding Carter (yes, that Hodding Carter--i wonder how many parents say, "Oh, honey, let's name the baby Hodding, whether it's a boy or a girl.")

Wiki: 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation and thus must resort to open defecation or other unsanitary forms of defecation, such as public latrines or open pit latrines. Improved sanitation, including hand washing and water purification, could save the lives of 1.5 million children who die from diarrheal diseases each year.

[i have a thing about this]

girl_dee · 07-06-2011, 05:00 PM

POST IT NOTES!
Everyone knows what Post-it® notes are: They are those great little self-stick notepapers. Most people have Post-it® Notes. Most people use them. Most people love them. But Post-it® Notes were not a planned product.
No one got the idea and then stayed up nights to invent it. A man named Spencer Silver was working in the 3M research laboratories in 1970 trying to find a strong adhesive. Silver developed a new adhesive, but it was even weaker than what 3M already manufactured. It stuck to objects, but could easily be lifted off. It was super weak instead of super strong.
No one knew what to do with the stuff, but Silver didn't discard it. Then one Sunday four years later, another 3M scientist named Arthur Fry was singing in the church's choir. He used markers to keep his place in the hymnal, but they kept falling out of the book. Remembering Silver's adhesive, Fry used some to coat his markers. Success! With the weak adhesive, the markers stayed in place, yet lifted off without damaging the pages. 3M began distributing Post-it ® Notes nationwide in 1980 -- ten years after Silver developed the super weak adhesive. Today they are one of the most popular office products available.

PaPa · 07-06-2011, 05:25 PM

The light bulb Thomas Edison.
How else would I write those late night essays for school? LOL!

The modern world is an electrified world. The light bulb, in particular, profoundly changed human existence by illuminating the night and making it hospitable to a wide range of human activity. The electric light, one of the everyday conveniences that most affects our lives, was invented in 1879 by Thomas Alva Edison. He was neither the first nor the only person trying to invent an incandescent light bulb.

Invention: electric light bulb in 1879

Definition: noun / electric light bulb / incandescent lamp
Function: An electric lamp in which a filament is heated to incandescence by an electric current. Today's incandescent light bulbs use filaments made of tungsten rather than carbon of the 1880's.
Patent: 223,898 (US) issued January 27, 1880
Inventor: Thomas Alva Edison

Criteria: First practical. Modern prototype. Entrepreneur.
Birth: February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio
Death: October 18, 1931 in West Orange, New Jersey
Nationality: American

Blade · 07-06-2011, 08:41 PM

The bar code of course. Anyone who is old enough to remember the girl at the local grocery store, throwing a package of sanitary somethings in the air and yelling PRICE CHECK!!!!!!!!! As the bag boy turns red and seems to want to crawl into a brown paper poke. Yep has to be the bar code.

1952 The first patent for bar codes is issued to Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver.

Of course we didn't benefit from this invention until much later than 1952.

The_Lady_Snow · 07-06-2011, 08:47 PM

My Zune!!!!

( I'm to lazy to look up Wiki)

Andrea · 07-06-2011, 08:49 PM

The internet and BFP. Anecdotal History of the Internet

DapperButch · 11-05-2011, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

POST IT NOTES!
Everyone knows what Post-it® notes are: They are those great little self-stick notepapers. Most people have Post-it® Notes. Most people use them. Most people love them. But Post-it® Notes were not a planned product.
No one got the idea and then stayed up nights to invent it. A man named Spencer Silver was working in the 3M research laboratories in 1970 trying to find a strong adhesive. Silver developed a new adhesive, but it was even weaker than what 3M already manufactured. It stuck to objects, but could easily be lifted off. It was super weak instead of super strong.
No one knew what to do with the stuff, but Silver didn't discard it. Then one Sunday four years later, another 3M scientist named Arthur Fry was singing in the church's choir. He used markers to keep his place in the hymnal, but they kept falling out of the book. Remembering Silver's adhesive, Fry used some to coat his markers. Success! With the weak adhesive, the markers stayed in place, yet lifted off without damaging the pages. 3M began distributing Post-it ® Notes nationwide in 1980 -- ten years after Silver developed the super weak adhesive. Today they are one of the most popular office products available.

And all this time I thought it was either Romy or Michele.

tapu · 07-19-2011, 05:39 PM

Well, well. Bill Gates is finally following my lead.

Gates Foundation: 'We need to reinvent the toilet'

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovat...html?hpt=hp_c2

Dominique · 07-19-2011, 06:46 PM

The best thing invented since sliced bread IS contact lenses.

I got my first pair when I was 14. I remember begging my father. I was 4 before I knew trees had leaves. So by 14 my prescription was pretty thick.
Surprisingly he went for it, especially when the eye Dr. told him wearing these hard lenses would stop my vision from changing. Then came the lecture. As they were hard lenses, they had an adaptation period, you couldn't sleep in them, the list was long. I recall sitting in the waiting room after they taught me how to put them in.....I was reading a book. All these people were crying and had running noses. They were talking about just getting contacts.

I wasn't having any problems.......no adjustment period, I wore them home (dad lectured, I ignored) I had that same set of contacts for 10 years.

Since then they quit making the hard lense....and I had to go to soft. I never liked them. Couldn't see as crisply as my hard lenses. I tried toric, and I even tried mono vision. I actually didn't mind those (figures)...low and behold, I was reading on the internet that the hard lense are back and they build a bifocal around the edges, all the way around, so when you look down, you get bifocal, not like the sprinkle of bifocal you get in those soft lenses.

So I found an eye Dr who knew how to dispense them, (she wore them)
and I am as happy with these as I was when I was 14! Better than sliced bread.

Tommi · 07-19-2011, 06:48 PM

Tommi · 07-19-2011, 09:15 PM

Hot air popcorn poppers appeared for home use in the late 1970s, which produced popcorn with only 5% of its calories derived from fat.

The popcorn maker (also called popcorn machine) is a device used to pop popcorn. Commercial popcorn machines are usually found in movie theaters and carnivals, producing popcorn of the oil-popped type, which has approximately 45% of its calories derived from fat.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tommi

BugsAndKisses · 11-05-2011, 05:42 PM

instant coffee..never know when damn hurricane gonna wipe ya out

DapperButch · 11-05-2011, 06:16 PM

I used one all last week to get to and from work. Just kept jumping the car and charging the unit every evening.

This gave me a chance to not have to buy/install a new car battery until the weekend.

I love those things. It is a great idea for people to keep them in their cars at all times. Nice to not need another car to jump yours when stuck somewhere with a dead battery.

Rockinonahigh · 11-05-2011, 06:17 PM

Definatly the microwave oven...gotta ove it.

11-05-2011, 06:21 PM

One of the best things since sliced wotsit...

Billy · 11-05-2011, 06:41 PM

it's air driven oscillating tip and nozzle creates a tornado cleaning action that tackles some of the most challenging jobs.
Cuts My time in half on detailing the inside of a car After 28 years doing it the old fashion way , this is amazing !

Starbuck · 11-05-2011, 07:39 PM

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