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  2. 30 Man-Made Innovations That Were Designed Mimicking Nature’s ...

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    Image credits: Sasha Weilbaker #4 Wind Blades. Humpback Whales are one of the largest weighing animals of the world, yet they are profound swimmers, which attributes down to its flippers (fins).

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    An AI-powered toilet seat has been named by Time Magazine as one of the top 200 inventions of 2024. It optically scans a user’s stool and urine, to detect any concerning changes that might ...

  4. Thomas Burberry - Wikipedia

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    In 1900, Burberry was approached by the British War Office, and was asked to design a coat to replace the military's current heavy coats.This request led Burberry to create the famous gabardine trench coat: "a lightweight cotton raincoat with a deep back yoke, epaulets, buckled cuff straps, a button-down storm flap on one shoulder, storm pockets, and D-ring belt clasps for the attachment of ...

  5. 19 Accidental Inventions That We Can't Live Without Now - AOL

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    4. Post-it Notes. Who: Spencer Silver, American chemist When: 1980 How it was created: While working on discovering a strong adhesive, Silver created low-tack glue that stuck to objects but could ...

  6. List of inventions named after people - Wikipedia

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    Thompson submachine gun Etherwave Theremin by Robert Moog Watt steam engine [27] Wedgwood blue plate Winchester rifle, 1886 US Zeppelin. Taj Mahal - Mumtaz Mahal; Tesla coil, Tesla turbine – Nikola Tesla; Theremin – Léon Theremin [28] Thompson submachine gun – John T. Thompson; Tobin tax — James Tobin; Tupperware – Earl Silas Tupper

  7. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    His original design consisted of 10-inch-long (250 mm) and 6-inch-wide (150 mm) palettes. Contrary to today's version of rubberized swim fins worn on the feet, Franklin's swim fins were originally intended for use on a person's hands. Shaped like lily pads or an artist's paint palette, they helped attain greater speed with each stroke. [11]

  8. 50 Inventions From The Past That Were Amazingly Innovative - AOL

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    Image credits: Isabella Thornton #2 An Early Motorised Scooter. The Autoped was an early vision of today's scooters. This was a personal transport system originally developed in 1915.

  9. 1860s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    1860s Fashion Plates of men, women, and children's fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries; 1850s and 1860s Fashion; 1860s Men's Fashions — c. 1860 Men's Fashion Photos with Annotations; Fashonik Updos for long hair Archived 2016-05-20 at the Wayback Machine; 1864 Wedding Dress — Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute