James Naismith: Inventor of Basketball
Did you know basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891? While teaching in Massachusetts, he created the game to keep students active indoors. Now, it’s a global phenomenon! 
#Canada #SportsHistory #Inventions
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-naismith
@alcinnz @kevinrns (2/2) #patents expire at like 10 years and are ment for #inventions, while #copyright is ment for #thoughts and #ideas and can be eazier to profit from than inventions , cause you dont need to persuade buyers of your invention's effectiveness, your thoughts just need to be appealing. So, im arguing for a #copyrightexpirationdate set at maximum 25 years
Researchers Use Metal #3DPrinting to Develop Shelf-Stable Bacteria-Powered Battery https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/researchers-use-metal-3d-printing-to-develop-shelf-stable-bacteria-powered-battery
Mesurer le bleu du ciel ? 
En 1789, de Saussure et von Humboldt inventaient le cyanomètre, un disque à nuances pour évaluer… la pureté du bleu céleste.
#Cyanomètre #ScienceHistorique #Inventions #HistoireDesSciences #Science #Nature
"George E. Smith’s collaboration with Willard Boyle at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, led to the invention of the charge coupled device (CCD) in October 1969. [...] Boyle and Smith shared half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit — the CCD sensor”."
This new titanium alloy is 29% cheaper, and even stronger https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250803011832.htm
Midsummer, time to give a shout out, applause, and deeply felt appreciation to the inventor of the salad spinner in 1974 - Gilberte Fouineteau, a woman, of course.
Not only is it extremely effective, it's kinda fun.
Scientifiques ou espions ? les incroyables #inventions du chimiste secret de l’#OSS pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale http://sci3nc.es/TM809p
Today I learnt about a real world invention called The Tempest Prognosticator:
"A 19th-century invention ... in which leeches are used in a barometer. The twelve leeches are kept in small bottles inside the device; when they become agitated by an approaching storm, they attempt to climb out of the bottles and trigger a small hammer which strikes a bell. The likelihood of a storm is indicated by the number of times the bell is struck. ... The original device has been lost, but at least three replicas have been made."
"The 2025 Hackaday Pet Hacks Challenge winners have been announced, and they range from the most innovative to the most practical."
#cats #inventions #technology #new
https://boingboing.net/2025/06/26/one-way-cat-airlock-prevent-kitties-from-bringing-friends-dead-or-alive-into-your-home.html
#Inventions #Invention #Tech #Britain #British #Technology #ReactionEngines #innovation #UK #Business #Enterprise #Science #Engine
A few years before someone else jumps on the back of it, completes the project, and makes millions.
I love being British, but our inability to fund innovative projects is a major failing. I’m sure Frank Whittle, John Harrison and Christopher Cockerell (among many others) would agree.
The British jet engine that failed in the 'Valley of Death' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5zg85wnlo
Good Morning #Canada
So you think you're pretty smart. Well, if you're Canadian, then it's obvious you are very smart... and pretty. Canadians have contributed some important inventions to the world, and this short video highlights just a few. It doesn't include some life changing Canadian inventions, like the athletic cup and the Wonderbra, but the rest are just as incredible. If you're not Canadian, don't hate us because we're awesome.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Inventions
https://youtu.be/cC0nuASZBfY?si=r_RWq9s0jCl6n4Nt
James Naismith: Inventor of Basketball
Did you know basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891? While teaching in Massachusetts, he created the game to keep students active indoors. Now, it’s a global phenomenon!
#Canada #SportsHistory #Inventions
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-naismith
I hate when #people say “#capitalism breeds #innovation” like Honestly, can you think of anything that capitalism has created in the last five years? Any #inventions? Anything at all? Because, to be frank, the only thing I can possibly think of is #Ai. but that wasn’t created in the last five years, rather it just became a mainstream (and really shitty) #tool. All it’s doing Is putting people out of their #jobs with its pathetic rendering of their craft.
Things that didn't catch on | A 'Picnic Stick', filmed in 1938. From this film: https://ow.ly/lW1850Vxc1o
BritishPathe #inventions #film #history
