What was invented in your country?

[JimmyC99]

We invented dynamite.

that was alfred nobel, (nobel prize guy, swedish)

Uhm, yep, I know. I'm from Sweden. He was from Sweden right? I think that counts.

so you also get anything named for him too? so the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

[concrete89]

The blowtorch. Swedes made fire cool.

Dynamite. Yeah. We revulotionized the art of blowing shit up.
No more losing your fingers handling nitroglycerine.

Julmust. Only the most awesomely delicious soda ever. I was originally gonna berate you guys for not heaping us with praise for this one, but then I remembered that we deemed you unworthy to partake of it.
Sorry 'bout that.

The Tetrapack. Yeah. If it weren't for us, you'd still be drinking your milk from glass bottles, plastic bags and holes in the ground like common barbarians.

The three-point-belt.
You know that thing on the seatbelt that keeps your spine from breaking, your gust from getting crushed and your head from cracking open against the dashboard when you get into a fenderbender?
Yeah, that was us. You might well be alive right now because of us.
You're welcome.

 

[LeafofStone]

Well Australia we have a very long and respectful line of inventions.
Stating with the no jump start plow which wasnt so much invented, as a guy ran his plow over a rock it broke a few bits and for some reason it wouldnt jump up every time he hit a rock from then on in. Which apparently was a huge innovation.
Then nothing really got invented for a while until we made THE FAKE MOTORCADE that was able to slip past 160 MILLION DOLLARS (USD)of security. And get within 30 meters of George Bush's Hotel. See here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnAaQ0n5-8 . Then we invented a very popular invention that was a huge hit in the Vatican. See here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHH8GmgPrk .
So really what have we made in our rich 200 year old history? Basically the best comedy group ever. Tip of the hat Chasers!!!

 

[ydkwidrmw]

Thank you, Al Gore.

and manbearpig!

 

[andy25100]

does irn-bru count as an invention for scotland if not there's also the pneumatic tyre and the MRI scanner as well

 

[siddif]

The Delorean, The Titanic, The First Vertical Take Off and Landing, The Ejector Seat, and Liam Neeson (does he count =P)

where am I?

Spoiler

Northern Ireland

EDIT:
Oh also CPR and Defibrillator (Thank you Frank Partridge), the concept of Absolute Zero and Bells Theorem (quantum physics) that disproved Einstein's "hidden Variables"

Were barely recognised worldwide as a country let me have this =P

All sourced here: http://www.propertypal.com/loveni

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Pretty simple, what invention, world changing, trivial, what-have-you, was invented in the country you call home?

I'll go first.

America- Airplane, Machinegun, bifocals, tumbler lock (I believe), and the telephone.

EDIT: LISTS DON'T COUNT SLACKERS!!!

germany invented the machinegun during the first world war

Canada - Winter tires

I think Larenzo is probably referring to the Gatling gun, which was one of the first "machine guns" (meaning it used mechanized parts) which was also first utilized during the American Civil War. However, in reality this was not the first machine gun, but simply the first gatling gun; a term now ubiquitous with rapid fire, rotating barrel machine guns. As I said in an earlier post, the problem with these threads is that everyone invented any particular thing "first", the only difference being effectiveness, variations, and legacy.

Actually I was refering to the maxim machinegun, invented by Hiram Maxim, an American gunsmith, I am almost 100% sure that it was the first true machine gun, however I'm not an expert on these things.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Pretty simple, what invention, world changing, trivial, what-have-you, was invented in the country you call home?

I'll go first.

America- Airplane, Machinegun, bifocals, tumbler lock (I believe), and the telephone.

EDIT: LISTS DON'T COUNT SLACKERS!!!

psst.. Germany invented fully automatic firearms.

CANADA : Basketball

I believe you are referring to the Mauser pistol, I do believe that was invented before the Maxim machinegun, but I think defining it as a machinegun might not be totally accurate.

 

[Sewblon]

The first home computer operating system and motion pictures.

 

[cheese_wizington]

Peanut butter.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Really REALLY fat people...

On a more serious note, America did invent the telephone.

 

[Lady_Kaellyn]

Uhhh NZ?
Bungy jumping.
And tranq guns.

 

[Dott]

The very first burglar alarm was invented right here in Denmark.
Irony wills it, however, that it was also stolen.

And if nothing else, we did help create the nuclear bomb.

We also invented handball.

And LEGO.

And red sausages.

And the concept of the consistency of the universe (or something).

And the danish pastry.

And viagra for women.

And the femidom, a condom for women.

And the magnetic wire recorder.

And the pH scale.

And telegraphy.

And the triplane.

And the aqua-wall (an indoor waterfall).

The list probably goes on and on.

 

[Dys]

Oh, I don't know, we Americans only INVENTED FREEDOM.

BEDBATHANDBEYOND! Fuck yeah, fuck yeah...

I think the french, italians and greeks might contest that...

Australia invented the black box, crazy censorship, terrible neighbors television show, anonymous ballot (I think), rotary clothesline and probably more that I can't guess off the top of my head.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Okay on the subject of the telephone. Here is a list people accredited with the invention, although Bell got the patent the truth of the true inventor of the telephone is far from clear:

Alexander Graham Bell - Scottish
Innocenzo Manzetti - Italian
Charles Bourseul - French
Johann Philipp Reis - German
Antonio Meucci - Italian
Elisha Gray - American

Please note that NONE of these people are Canadian. While Bell did live in Canada most of his life, he did not grow up there, he did not go to school there and he was not Canadian. All these people were working around the same time and the only obvious difference between Bell and the others is that Bell clearly had better lawyers.

This brings the secondary debate of who gets to claim the invention, the origin country of the inventor or the country they were in when they invented it. That needs to be agreed before you lay claim to one of these inventions.

Well I say credit for the invention goes to the country where the thing was invented, not the inventor's country of origin.

 

[Aiden_the-Joker1]

Radar,T.V., flasks, Phones(maybe) I cannot remember many more it is very early.

 

[godfist88]

peanut butter, the most awesome treat of all.

next to choclate of coarse

 

[Druss the Legend]

Trench warfare.
New Zealand.
(Although to be fair it was the Maoris, when fighting the British back in the 1800's)

 

[Vrex360]

I live in Australia.

We have cheap beer and racism. Oh and we invented all foods that have Kangaroo as an ingredient.