I heard some Canadian inventions today that I thought were pretty interesting. I knew some were Canadian but were surprised at some others.

Basketball
Paint roller
Light bulb
Electric car
Garbage bag
Insulin
IMAX
Gingerale
Goalie mask
Pictionary
Superman
Snowblower
Telephone
Washing Machine
Trivial Pursuit
Walkie talkie

 

I heard there's a CBC special comming up that ranks them....
~a couple more.
- UV degradable plastic
- Canadarm


?light bulb
:edit:
Interesting.... LINKY

 

Apparently, some guy named Henry Woodward first patented the light bulb in 1874.......or at least the radio show I was listening to said so. I always thought it was Edison myself but I guess that's not true.

 

Cool post Shane. I guess we could add hockey to that list in addition to goalie mask.

 

Yep, Hockey is definitely on the list of Canadian inventions. I just did a google search to find out where in Canada Hockey was invented and I found this:

"Two towns claim that the first game of hockey was played there. The first is Kingston, Ontario, and the second is a small town in New Brunswick, both of which are in Canada."


And on the note of Hockey......don't forget to tune into the World Junior Semi finals today at 9:30 am est. Looking forward to Canada kicking USA's butt!!

 

Gotta luv PVRs

 

TSN is broadcasting it on their website live as well.

 

Wasn't Edison or Woodward (Woodward patented an improved design and sold the rights to Edison) they only improved upon the idea. It was an English guy.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inv...ightbulb.shtml

 

Don't forget good old Canadian Hospitality... Some of the best you'll ever find.

C.

 

Shane, I thought they always said Long Pond, Windsor, Nova Scotia was the birthplace of Canadian Hockey. Karen and I stopped there when we visited you guys in 05.
Link: http://www.gameofhockey.com/

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...ian_inventions

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tes_inventions

 

We could have done without the Revolver and the Atomic Bomb...