Most of the many inventions from World War II are still in use today. Many lives were forever changed because of the new ideas brought to us during this time period. During World War II, many new inventions and innovations were created that impacted America forever. Many famous and important inventors created their most well-known creations during World War II. Inventions such as penicillin, the atomic bomb, and the microwave are only very few of the inventions that the mastermind inventors created during World War II.
During World War II, Charles Kettering was the head of the National Inventors Council, which examined and looked at new inventions sent by the government. Additionally, he had a Sunday afternoon radio program that many Americans …show more content…
He was a disorganized man, and he went on vacation once without closing the jars for his bacteria in his lab. In a random stroke of luck, he realized that something had killed the mold growing in the jars. Later, he conducted some more research, and created the “miracle medicine”, penicillin. Doctors today still use penicillin to treat and cure diseases such as strep throat, scarlet fever, strep throat, blood poisoning, and many other diseases.
J. Robert Oppenheimer was the head of the Manhattan Project, which was a group of many scientists who worked in secret to build the first atomic bomb. The atomic bomb brought World War II to an end when two were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
Some of the many weapons and devices used for military combat nowadays were actually created more than 75 years ago, during World War II, such as the very first atomic …show more content…
The microwave was first called it the radar range because Percy Spencer used it to try to use it as a radar detector in a government facility. He realized that instead of doing its job as a radar detector it melted a chocolate bar. This made him realize it could heat up food, so he decided to patent it as a device to heat up food. It became homes all across the world. Spencer called it the radar range, and he tried to use it as a radar detector in a government facility, but when he realized that it had melted a chocolate bar he had, he patented the idea as a device to heat up food, and it became a hit in many homes all across the
During World War II, Charles Kettering was the head of the National Inventors Council, which examined and looked at new inventions sent by the government. Additionally, he had a Sunday afternoon radio program that many Americans …show more content…
He was a disorganized man, and he went on vacation once without closing the jars for his bacteria in his lab. In a random stroke of luck, he realized that something had killed the mold growing in the jars. Later, he conducted some more research, and created the “miracle medicine”, penicillin. Doctors today still use penicillin to treat and cure diseases such as strep throat, scarlet fever, strep throat, blood poisoning, and many other diseases.
J. Robert Oppenheimer was the head of the Manhattan Project, which was a group of many scientists who worked in secret to build the first atomic bomb. The atomic bomb brought World War II to an end when two were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
Some of the many weapons and devices used for military combat nowadays were actually created more than 75 years ago, during World War II, such as the very first atomic …show more content…
The microwave was first called it the radar range because Percy Spencer used it to try to use it as a radar detector in a government facility. He realized that instead of doing its job as a radar detector it melted a chocolate bar. This made him realize it could heat up food, so he decided to patent it as a device to heat up food. It became homes all across the world. Spencer called it the radar range, and he tried to use it as a radar detector in a government facility, but when he realized that it had melted a chocolate bar he had, he patented the idea as a device to heat up food, and it became a hit in many homes all across the