My neighbour asked me to ask this!
I said "don't be stupid - of couse they have..."
When I reeled off a whole list of things he gave me the reply that these were all "imported" ideas claimed by an American!
Oh and he also said "Don't call them REDNECKS!"
2007-07-18 00:42:52 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Still not sure..
What did Bill Gates actually, personally invent?
And Edison wasn't he more of a developer and prolific patent applier. Just checked about the lightbulb on about.com and they say
"Thomas Edison's greatest challenge was the development of a practical incandescent, electric light. Contrary to popular belief, he didn't "invent" the lightbulb, but rather he improved upon a 50-year-old idea." - See, maybe my neighbour is right?
2007-07-18 00:54:25 · update #1
Ok I have been checking some of these..
As I have said most of these "inventors" have been developers of existing devices/ideas..Check your traffic light guy on Wiki..mmmm. Gass mask from Scotland I think!
Did Henry Ford Really invent the 1st motor car...mmmmm.
I'll keep looking.
2007-07-18 01:25:03 · update #2
OK - The Wright Bros credited with the airoplane nut check out Clément Ader (April 2, 1841 – March 5, 1926) was a French engineer born in Muret, Haute Garonne remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation - He got his off the ground 1st!
2007-07-18 02:07:38 · update #3
OK Emphamiz
First electric trafic light: Garrett Morgan as mentioned above
*Jazz music, rap music, rock music I'll give you rap, but music evolves rather thanbeing invented.
blue jeans Who's to say that it was an American?
telephone NO
cellphone YES
*peanut butter (useful?)
*potato chips: george crum (useful?)
pepsi and coke (whatever
*first gas mask: garrett morgan
*Dr. Charles Richard pioneered first blood banks
*Dr. Daniel Hale Williams first successful open heart surgery
*Otis Boykin: invented the electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker.
*Henry sampson: gamma electric cell, the crucial component which makes cell phones able to make calls on the go, so without it, cell phones would not be.
Dr. Jack G. Copeland: artificial heart
Samuel F. B. Morse: telegraph, also inventer of "morse code"
first Computer
*LATIMER, LEWIS H: worked for Edison and helped edison improve the light build by inventing the carbon filament that goes
2007-07-18 02:38:04 · update #4
*first gas mask: garrett morgan we've mentioned
*Dr. Charles Richard pioneered first blood banks (invented?)
*Dr. Daniel Hale Williams first successful open heart surgery (invented?)
*Otis Boykin: invented the electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker. ok ish
*Henry sampson: gamma electric cell, the crucial component which makes cell phones able to make calls on the go, so without it, cell phones would not be. Check this one please!
Dr. Jack G. Copeland: artificial heart (so good that it is no longer used)
Samuel F. B. Morse: inventer of "morse code" (given)
first Computer (See Babbage)
*LATIMER, LEWIS H: (Mentioned see Edison).
I think that the main point of this is that everyone would like to think that their country invented the....whatever, and history has been manipulated to suit.
I have nothing against Americans and neither does my neighbour (so I can't send him to Iran - a++hole). It's just somethings are not as you think!
2007-07-18 02:45:52 · update #5
Hi Jon
Maybe I am an idiot! However, I can spell (or use the spell-checker) and punctuate correctly (unlike you - dumb-@ss)
I chose the American (with a capital - respect) theme to try to indicate/provoke the idea that...are you ready for this (I doubt it very much)...what we are taught from a very early age is not always correct.
It's good to take a step backwards (which I am sure comes as second nature to you) and look at the preconceptions that we ALL take as given.
Please note that when I first encountered this question..I said "don't be stupid - of course they have". The reality is that they haven't actually INVENTED as much as they have been taught that they (as a nation) have.
I do not class race/creed any differently (unlike some folk who think that it is an issue).
This is about what people think because that is what they have been told.
Who is the idiot - the one who accepts a false truth or the one who questions because they think. END-wound up!!
2007-07-18 08:05:11 · update #6
Of course. Here are some important ones:
http://www.weird-websites.com/justweird/inventions.htm
2007-07-18 00:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by Insanity 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
*First electric trafic light: Garrett Morgan
*Jazz music, rap music, rock music
blue jeans
telephone
cellphone
*peanut butter
*potato chips: george crum
pepsi and coke
*first gas mask: garrett morgan
*Dr. Charles Richard pioneered first blood banks
*Otis Boykin: invented the electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker.
*Henry sampson: gamma electric cell, the crucial component which makes cell phones able to make calls on the go, so without it, cell phones would not be.
Dr. Jack G. Copeland: artificial heart
Samuel F. B. Morse: telegraph, also inventer of "morse code"
first Computer
*LATIMER, LEWIS H: worked for Edison and helped edison improve the light build by inventing the carbon filament that goes in it
edit: Okay, point proven, but what about the rest I have named
*: means invented by black americans
2007-07-18 00:57:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh come on. Of course the Americans invented useful things. Go Google it.
On the other hand, Amondriscoll, I must disillusion you, the pizza was created in Italy and brought over with the immigrants. ;)
2007-07-18 00:58:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jingizu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably no longer something extensive. Alexander Graham Bell became Scottish, and he did maximum of his artwork in Canada. Oh, and the Wright Brothers did no longer invent the airplane. Santos Dumont did.
2016-12-10 15:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think most of the contributers have missed the most important invention to come from America. 2 brothers? Name Wright? The Airplane of course!
2007-07-18 01:33:28 · answer #5 · answered by michael e 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Superman Spiderman Batman Justice league Terrorism
Telephone is not American it was patented
And biggest of all patent
2007-07-18 01:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not anything that easily comes to mind. Only crap like Big Brother, AssHat, televised religion, the ultimate braindead president, cluster bombs, an unfathomable election system, WINDOWS, Tootsie rolls, pumpkin pie - yech!
2007-07-18 00:55:37 · answer #7 · answered by mad_mick001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An American invented the bullet proof vest.
An American invented the stop light.
2007-07-18 00:45:35 · answer #8 · answered by LadyCatherine 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Thomas Edison.
Ben Franklin.
Henry Ford.
Eli Whitney.
Thomas Watson.
The list is endless........
2007-07-18 00:46:51 · answer #9 · answered by kja63 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes the Americans can boast of a fair number of useful inventions just get on to USA inventions website and you can tell your neighbour to get his facts correct//oh and my impression when i'm in USA southerners dont mind your nickname
2007-07-18 00:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋