The beautiful, brainy screen sirens whose scientific inventions saved lives
23 Apr, 2021 03:04 AM
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Justine Johnstone in 1921. Photo / Getty Images
By: Donna Fleming
Once considered the most beautiful woman in America , silent-movie and Broadway actress Justine Johnstone Wanger turned her talents to life-saving medical research. By Donna Fleming. Next time you re in hospital having drugs administered via an intravenous drip, you may want to say a quiet thank you to Justine Johnstone Wanger.
Ninety years ago, Wanger and two colleagues published a ground-breaking paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) called Influence of Velocity on the Response to Intravenous Injections . It discussed how best to safely deliver drugs to treat diseases such as syphilis without inadvertently killing the patients.
International Trademark Association Unveils SME Resources to Coincide with World Intellectual Property Day Published: April 22, 2021
New York, New York April 22, 2021 The International Trademark Association (INTA) will mark World Intellectual Property Day on April 26 by underscoring why entrepreneurs should put intellectual property (IP) on their radar in the early stages of their strategic planning and operations, as well as by providing them with resources to help them understand this indispensable asset.
At the forefront of the Association’s efforts, INTA will unveil a new page on the resources section of its website specifically for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Content will include explaining IP, its value, and reasons to register trademarks early, and feature INTA’s Pro Bono Clearinghouse and other resources that can help SMEs build, sustain, and protect their businesses
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Jack Kilby: Inventors Hall Of Fame
Jack Kilby: Inventors Hall Of Fame
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Jack Kilby Have you ever wondered who created the magical homework calculating machine (the calculator)? It was Jack Kilby creating yet another technological advancement for the world to thank him for. Before that he created the first microchip and integrated circuit. This caused him to earn himself the Nobel Prize, a spot in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, a spot in the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame, and many other achievements. Jack is known throughout the world standing right next to Thomas Jefferson in the Inventors Hall of Fame Jack St. Clair Kilby was born on November 8, 1923, in Jefferson City, Missouri. He is the son of Hubert Kilby, an electrical engineer and Vina Freitag. When Jack was four years old the family moved
The Army’s First Standard-Issue Parachute Was Invented by a Trapeze Artist Turned Pilot
One of the members of Major E.L. Hoffman’s parachute research team makes a test jump at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, in May 1919. (National Museum of the United States Air Force)
Floyd Smith probably understood the importance of a controlled fall better than any pilot of his time. Before Smith was flying in the skies above Los Angeles, he was a high-flying trapeze daredevil in a circus act. It was where he met his wife and probably learned to keep his composure while free-falling to Earth.