Band-aid is the brand name and product of Johnson & Johnson. It was invented in the year 1920 by one of the employees of Johnson & Johnson, Earle Dickson. Dickson introduced this product for his wife who frequently cut or burn herself while cooking. The product was used by Mrs. Dickson to dress her wounds without any assistance. The inventor resided at New Jersey and he conveyed the idea to his employer. The employer went […]

Body mass Index or BMI is a measure of body weight of a person in reference to his height. It tries to explain what should be the actual weight-height ratio of a person and follows an easy method for calculation. It is generally used for calculating whether a person is overweight, ideal weight or underweight. On a large scale, BMI is used to analyze composition of the population of an area, region or country. It […]

Anesthesia is the most remarkable and renowned discovery in the medical field. It was invented by Alfred Velpeau in the year 1839. It helps a patient slowly drift unconsciousness while still being aware. But it was used by doctor Crawford Williamson Long in the year 1842 for the first time. He used it towards removal of tumour from the back neck of the patient. It is medically induced on a patient and not resembles either […]

An alarm clock is a typical clock that is designed to make a loud sound at a specific time. The principal usage of alarm clock is to awaken people from their sleep. For many people it doubles up as a reminder as well, reminding them to switch off the stove or take their medicines etc. The first alarm clock was invented by Levin Hutchins from New Hampshire in the year 1787. But the clock rang […]

A man named Wallace Flint recommended an automated retail system in the year 1932 but it was not a successful invention. Bar codes were originally invented to support grocery shops towards tracking the inventory. Bar code can be defined as a method of automatic identification and data collection. Bernard Silver was a student at Drexel Institute of Technology. A food chain supplier requested the institute to research on automatic product reading method.  Bernard Silver joined […]

Barbed wire is also referred to as barb wire. It is a type of fencing wire used for constructing practical barriers and made life simpler for farmers. Before its inventions, farmers constantly struggled with creating boundaries for their farms and managing their cattle. This fencing wire contains sharp points and edges located at equal intervals. Barbed wire can be used to construct fences at low cost and top walls surrounding the secured property. Lucien B. […]

Alphabets have been originated from ancient Egypt and the history of the origin can be traced from 2700 BC.  The alphabets were referred to as Uni-literals by Egyptians who developed a set of 24 hieroglyphs. These alphabets begin with a consonant sound followed by the vowel sound. Modern alphabets were derived from the idea developed by ancient Egyptians. But the pictures were simplified to represent the sounds of consonants. These pictures were simplified by Phoenicians. […]

The invention of a small electric motor referred to as fractional horse power motor made a revolution in the appliance industry. This invention assisted towards other possible inventions of power oriented appliances. Blender, one among the power oriented appliance was invented by Stephen Poplawski in the year 1921. Later in the year 1935, Fred Osius improved the basic idea of blender and invented Waring blender. In simple terms blender is a small electrical device with […]

While Barbeque is the most popular way of cooking meat in America, it did not originate in America. In fact, no one knows where the original method came from but the Americans have popularised this method of cooking tough meats all over the world today. Barbeque refers to slowly cooking of meat at low temperature. The meat is cooked for a long time over charcoal or wood at a reasonably lower temperature as compared to […]

Caramel is a confection that is made out of sugars. Caramels differ in their color and appearance depending on the type of sugar used to produce them. Caramels have been used for a very long time, however, the origin of caramel is still a mystery. It has been used in candies, puddings, desserts, ice-creams and variety of sweet dishes. While candies are believed to be first produced out of honey somewhere in Egypt, caramel use […]