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Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by kennyman2000(m): 8:43pm On Nov 26, 2015
Its explorer again.. Lemme take my seat.
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Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Nobody: 12:47am On Nov 27, 2015
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5. Computer Programming Language.


Grace Hopper was a leader and innovator of computer programming language. “Programming language” is the basic building block for computer software, allowing humans to tell computers what to do. Grace Hopper worked as a programmer on the first computer, specifically the Harvard Mark 1 in 1944. She led the way in the field of software development concepts, making massive contributions in the shift from primitive to advanced computing technologies. She advocated the idea of a machine-independent programming language. Her development, COBOL, was one of the first high-level computer programming languages. She also popularized the term “computer bug” or “debugging” for fixing computer glitches.
This is wrong: COBOL wasn't developed by Grace, but by a group of individuals known as CODASYL
It was based partly on the previous work of Grace, but she's hardly the developer.

Also, the term "bug" in referring to software error dates back to Thomas Edison in 1878,, decades before Grace was born.
An article in "Airforce" (June 1945 p. 50) also refers to debugging, this time of aircraft cameras. Hopper's bug was found on September 9, 1947.
Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Nobody: 12:54am On Nov 27, 2015
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8. Signal Flares.


Communication between ships/planes was once limited to colored flags, lanterns, and screaming things like "Thar she blows!" really loudly. Martha Coston didn't come up with the idea for signal flares all by herself. She found plans in a notebook that belonged to her late husband. The determined widow spent 10 years working with chemists and pyrotechnics experts to make the idea a reality. But she was only named administratrix in the 1859 patent Mr. Coston got credited as the inventor.
It already says that Martha's husband was the inventor, so why is this on the list?
Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Nobody: 1:00am On Nov 27, 2015
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10. Car Heater.


The first car heater, which directed air from over the engine to warm the chilly toes of aristocratic 19th-century motorists, was invented by Margaret A. Wilcox in 1893. She also invented a combined clothes and dish washer.
This is also false: a Canadian inventor named Thomas Ahearn invented the car heater in 1890, and patented it in 1892
He also invented the first electric oven.
Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Nobody: 1:04am On Nov 27, 2015
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11. Fire Escape.

It was first designed in 1887 by Anna Connelly.
Again, this is false.
The first fire escape was actually invented in 1784 by Daniel Maseres.
Also, Henry Vieregg patented the first US fire escape in Grand Island, NE in November 8, 1898
Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Nobody: 1:12am On Nov 27, 2015
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13. Medical Syringe.


Wonders of modern medicine. In 1899, Letitia Geer invented a medical syringe that could be operated with only one hand. Remember her the next time your doctor injects you with only one hand.
Forms of intravenous injection and infusion began as early as 1670. However, Charles Gabriel Pravaz and Alexander Wood were the first to develop a syringe with a needle fine enough to pierce the skin in 1853.
Alexander Wood is credited as the inventor of the syringe
Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Nobody: 1:18am On Nov 27, 2015
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14. CCTV.


Marie Van Brittan Brown’s system for closed-circuit television security, patented in 1969, was intended to help people ensure their own security, as police were slow to respond to calls for helpin her New York City neighbourhood. Her invention forms the basis for modern CCTV systems used for home security and police work today.
CCTV was designed in 1942 by Walter Bruch
Marie applied it to security by adding cameras.
Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Nobody: 1:19am On Nov 27, 2015
The rest of the list is correct. I usually enjoy your threads, Sile12. Cheers.
Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Chestar5(f): 8:50pm On Dec 07, 2015
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3. The Wireless Technology.



Once named “the most beautiful woman in the world,” Hedy Lamarr was a famous and fortunate Hollywood actress. She married the third richest man in Austria, Friedrich Mandl, in 1933. She was also intelligent. While Hedy and Friedrich attended prestigious business meetings, she learned about applied science. Bored of acting, she decided to help in the war effort. During World War II, German submarines began to torpedo passenger ships. Hedy said “I’ve got to invent something that will put a stop to that.” So she developed “spread spectrum” and “frequency hopping” technology. She obtained a patent in 1942. The U.S. Navy adopted the technology in 1962. And the U.S. military used it during a blockade of Cuba. The principles of her work nowserve as the basis for many modern technologies, including GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. She joined the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.

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Re: Some Brilliant Things Invented By Women That Really Changed The World. by Nobody: 11:48am On Dec 08, 2015
Karmanaut:

This is wrong: COBOL wasn't developed by Grace, but by a group known as CODASYL
It was based partly on the previous work of Grace, [/b]but she's hardly the developer.

Also, the term "bug" in referring to software error dates back to Thomas Edison in 1878,, decades before Grace was born.
An article in "Airforce" (June 1945 p. 50) also refers to debugging, this time of aircraft cameras. Hopper's bug was found on September 9, 1947.
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