Stuff you didnt know you didnt know....
On 4/1/2012 9:06 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
Gunner Asch wrote: ------ Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common? A. All were invented by women. Seems to be a disagreement on the last item, seems Gary Starkweather is widely credited with the laser printer. It is, of course, just a Xerox dry photocopier with a device to put the image on the drum electronically, instead of lenses imaging the paper original. It's one of those "DAMN! Why didn't I think of that!" inventions. Jon You have to admit, at maybe almost 50% correct, this is one of Runner's more accurate posts. Dan |
Stuff you didnt know you didnt know....
On 4/11/2012 5:29 PM, Dan wrote:
On 4/1/2012 9:06 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Gunner Asch wrote: ------ Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common? A. All were invented by women. Seems to be a disagreement on the last item, seems Gary Starkweather is widely credited with the laser printer. It is, of course, just a Xerox dry photocopier with a device to put the image on the drum electronically, instead of lenses imaging the paper original. It's one of those "DAMN! Why didn't I think of that!" inventions. Jon You have to admit, at maybe almost 50% correct, this is one of Runner's more accurate posts. Dan maybe add spread spectrum communications (hedy lamarr) to the list |
Stuff you didnt know you didnt know....
"Bill" wrote in message ... On 4/11/2012 5:29 PM, Dan wrote: On 4/1/2012 9:06 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Gunner Asch wrote: A. All were invented by women. maybe add spread spectrum communications (hedy lamarr) to the list http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~jone...at2/index.html Likely the idea arose from George Antheil's efforts to synchronize multiple player pianos. The difficulty isn't changing frequencies, it's having the receiver know exactly when to switch to the next one. Lamarr's first husband had been an Austrian munitions maker so she was aware of the technologies and problems. jsw |
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