The Zipper
The zipper is an indispensable little piece of technology that we’d be lost without. It was an out-of-the-blue invention. Nothing like it had existed before.
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The Ball-point pen
A ball-point pen is often called a Biro, because the brothers Biro invented it.
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Disks for the eyes No one knows for sure who invented spectacles but he probably lived in the...
read moreGround Source Heat Pumps
My parents are building a new house and my Father ever keen to try out new ideas is installing a Ground Source heat pump which promises to supply most if not all the heating required for the new house without drawing ANY energy from the European Grid!
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