Among his more than 150 U.S. and foreign patents, one of Kamen's most notable inventions is the first wearable infusion pump-a breakthrough for patients requiring continuous doses of medication.
The novel features two notable inventions: Bokononism, a religion of lies "that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy," and ice-nine, a type of ice that forms at any temperature up to 114.4 degrees and continues freezing all of the liquid it contacts in a kind of chain reaction.
Among his notable inventions is an environmentally friendly manufacturing process that relies on supercritical carbon dioxide.
Scientists associated with BYU have created some notable inventions.
Notable inventions include lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), the scanning tunneling microscope (Nobel prize) and Velcro.
One of Johnson's more notable inventions is the first "electric operator for sectional upward-acting doors".
Many of the notable commercial inventions of the next 60 years came from these labs: DuPont's miracle molecules (including nylon); Procter & Gamble's Crest, Pampers, and Tide brands; the U-2 spy plane and SR-71 Blackbird fighter jet from Lockheed Martin's famed Skunk Works.
While there are plenty more, here are seven notable Illinois inventions, their inventors and some interesting facts you might not have known.
Although the most notable re-invention of Philippine forestry agencies in recent times took place following the 1986 EDSA Revolution, in reality, the DENR has continued to re-invent itself — sometimes in small ways and sometimes in major ways — almost constantly.
