The Best Thing since Junction-Field Effect Transistors

17/04/2020 26 min
The Best Thing since Junction-Field Effect Transistors

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Episode Synopsis

Penicillin, the printing press, and cheese and onion crisps - What makes an invention well known rather than merely successful?

Image: anaterate via Pixabay

Things mentioned in this podcast:
- ‘TRIZ’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIZ
- BBC poll on the ‘best invention’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4513929.stm
- Top inventions of the last 25 years https://www.productfocus.com/top-25-inventions-of-the-last-25-years/
- ‘The most important inventor you’ve never heard of’ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-most-important-inventor-youve-never-heard-of/

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