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Everyday InventionsItems you use almost daily, but might not
think about how we got them
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Everyday Inventions
Every single day, we use things to make our lives easier
But these things have not always been around
We have learned about many inventions that have helpedchange the course of history, but what about the inventionsthat we use in our everyday lives
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Everyday Inventions
Some of the itemswe take forgranted are the
same ones thatyou looked at onthe table.
Before these items,
our lives were a lotmore complicated
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Everyday Inventions
Lets look at howsome of theseinventions came to
be during the 20thcentury, and howsome of themchanged the way
we do things in ourdaily lives.
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Paper Clips
The paper clips wasinvented in the year1900 by a man fromNorway named Johann
Vaaler.
The paper clip helpedto solve the age oldproblem: how do Ikeep papers togetherwithout ruining themor poking holes inthem.
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Paper Clips
Before Vaalersinvention, papers hadto be held togetherwith pins, or springoperated devices.
During WWI,Norwegians worepaper clips as a signof patriotism againstthe Nazis.
They believed it was asign that they werebinding togetheragainst the Nazis.
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The Zipper
The next taken forgranted invention
is one that almostall of use have onright now, thezipper.
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The Zipper
Invented in 1913 byGideon Sundback, thezipper soon became avery successful
product for manyclothing companies.
It took the place of
buttons, snaps, andbuckles in all sorts offashion items.
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Scotch Tape
Every time you ripa paper or need tofasten a picture to
your locker or wall,what do you goand grab?
Thats right, tape.
And most of thetime the clear kind.
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Scotch Tape
Scotch tape was inventedin 1925 by a company inMinnesota.
(later known as 3M)
Originally, tape was usedto separate the differentcolors on cars as they werepainted, but soon it wasrefined to have sticky glue
all over the back and wasused by painters,carpenters, and eventuallyalmost everyone.
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Ballpoint Pens
Do you rememberhaving to dip yourpen into ink every
time you wanted towrite something?
Oh thats right, wenever had to do
that, because ofthe invention ofthe ballpoint pen.
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Ballpoint Pens
The ballpoint penreplaced dipping pensinto ink in 1943.
The Biro Brothers
came up with the ideato put the ink inside ofthe pen and in 1944were used by BritishAir Force pilots
because they wouldwork at high altitudes,unlike regular inkpens.
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Your Inventions
Alright, enough ofother peoplesinventions.
If you had the chanceto improve somethingthat we use daily,what would youimprove on today?
This is your nexttask
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