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Shelby Tenney

Dr. Harry Coover, Inventor of Super Glue, Passes at Age 94 | Super Glue Blog - 1 views

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  • Dr. Harry Coover, inventor of Super Glue, passed away on March 26, 2011 at his home in Kingsport, Tennessee.  According to Elizabeth A.  Harris with The New York Times, Dr. Coover’s daughter, Dr. Melinda Paul, confirmed that Harry Wesley Coover was born on March 6, 1917 (not 1919 as some reports state) making him 94 years old when he passed away this weekend.
Nathanael Nix

Martin Cooper, Father of the Cellular Phone | High Tech History - 0 views

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  • Martin Cooper, who turns 82 on December 26th, is an electrical engineer – having gained his Master’s degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1957.
  • Cooper’s inspiration for undertaking the project was the Star Trek television series, in which a small, hand-held ”communicator” device was used very much in the manner of a portable phone.
  • As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving around while making a phone call. Remember that in 1973 there weren’t cordless telephones, let alone cellular phones. I made numerous calls, including one where I crossed the street while talking to a New York radio reporter – probably one of the more dangerous things I have ever done in my life.
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  • Interestingly, the first person he called was Joel Engel, his chief rival at AT&T’s Bell Labs, to tell him he was calling on a portable phone.
  • The original phone weighed a gargantuan 30 ounces, and was referred to as the “Brick.”
  • With nearly four decades of success in the telecommunications industry, Cooper’s guiding philosophy is to look to its bright future: It’s very exciting to be a part of a movement toward making broadband available to people with the same freedom to be anywhere that they have for voice communications today. People rely heavily on the Internet for their work, entertainment, and communication, but they need to be unleashed.
  • Nathanael Nix on 15 Jan 14
     
    This is a very good biography about Martin Cooper and the invention of the cell phone. It also has some pictures of him, the phone, and also one of Joe Engal.
Morgan Pearson

Lemelson-MIT Program - 0 views

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  • Nils Ivar Bohlin
  • born in 1920 in Harnosand, Sweden
  • 1939 he completed his B.S. in mechanical engineering at Harnosand Laroveik.
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  • he was in charge of the development of ejection seats
  • ired as a safety engineer for AB Volvo in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • . Safety belts were in use at the time, but the most prevalent design used a single strap with a buckle over the stomach. This design risked injury to body organs in high-speed crashes.
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      Morgan Pearson on 09 Jan 14
       
      Really good information and details on what happened while Nils Bohlin was inventing the three-point seat belt.
  • Bohlin aimed to find an alternative design that would not only protect both the upper and lower body, but would also be comfortable and simple to use.
  • The design held both the upper and lower body in place, and was simple enough that the driver could buckle up with one hand.
  • In 1958, Bohlin was h
  • by 1963 all Volvos came equipped with front seat belts, and the company decided to make the design free for use by all car makers.
  • In 1959, Volvo became the first auto maker to introduce Bohlin’s three-point safety belt design.
  • The report claimed that the belt had already saved thousands of lives, reducing the risk of injury or death in car accidents by as much as 75 percent.
  • It persuaded a number of other national governments to do the same
  • Since its introduction, the three-point shoulder/lap safety belt has changed very little in its overall design.
  • As of today, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates the belts reduce the risk of deaths in car crashes by at least 45 percent.
  • Bohlin retired from Volvo in 1985.
  • In 1974 Bohlin was awarded The Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award.
  • honored in 1979 and in 1985 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in Washington, D.C. In 1995, he received a medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. In 2002, he was inducted into the (U.S.) National Inventors Hall of Fame. On the day he was to be honored for this achievement, Bohlin died at age 82.
  • Morgan Pearson on 09 Jan 14
     
    Information on Nils Bohlin while inventing the seat belt.
Shelby Tenney

Montgomery County Daily: Harry Coover Jr., Inventor of Super Glue, Dies at Age 94 - 0 views

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  • (NewsCore) - The man who invented Super Glue has died in Tennessee at the age of 94, The New York Times reported Sunday. Harry Wesley Coover Jr., who discovered the super-sticky adhesive by accident during World War II, died of congestive heart failure Saturday night at his home in Kingsport. Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004, Coover was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation last year by President Barack Obama. Super Glue did not make him rich, however, as it did not become a commercial success until the patents had expired. Son-in-law Dr. Vincent E. Paul said, "He did very, very well in his career but he did not glean the royalties from Super Glue that you might think."
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