Accidental inventions that earned millions !!!!

1)  Saccharin

In 1879, Constantin Fahlberg and Ira Remsen, were working at the laboratory at Johns Hopkins University, while they pause and think of taking a break. Fahlberg didn’t wash his hands after his chemical tests! This might have caused him to die! Apparently, while taking his snacks he tasted a sweet taste coming from his hand – artificial sugar!

2) A Slinky

In 1943, Navy engineer Richard James was trying to keep some delicate and sensitive instruments balanced on the ship by making a different kind of spring! He then knocked one of his prototyped spring on the floor. Unlike other springs, this one, rather then crashing with the floor, tumbled and righted itself! This turned out to be a great way for him to earn money thus, it became a great toy for most of the childhoods.

3)  The Microwave

Percy Spencer, an engineer at Raytheon after his WWI stint in the Navy, was known as an electronics genius. In 1945 Spencer was playing with a microwave emitting magnetron when he felt strange sensation and sizzles in his pants. He saw that the chocolate bar in his pocket was melting. he found the the microwaves were to blame!  This lead him to make a Microwave and earned millions from it.

4) Super Glue

 

Dr. Harry Coover of Eastman-Kodak Laboratories found that a substance he created — cyanoacrylate. This substance was very messy and was rejected for being over sticky and instantly drying. But later, it was taken over as Super Glue for a commercial purpose.

5) Play Dough

 

Before being a toy for the kids, this product was actually meant for cleaning purposes. At first, this product was commercially launched to clean filthy wallpapers but later, being non toxic, it became more commercial in a form of a toy for kids. However, the inventors were Kutol Products.

6) The Pacemaker

 

Instead of picking a 10,000-ohmresistor for heart-recording model, Wilson Greatbatch took the 1-megaohm resistor. This led his project to spoil but accidentally he made the pacemaker – the lifesaver for many of us.

7) Velcro

 

Swiss engineer George de Mestralwent out for hunting and observed the manner in which the burrs to stick a bird’s feathers. Well, he thought of replicating this and Viola! The extravaganza velcro was invented!

8) Teflon

 

Whoah, those old pans, those made omelettes were so messy! But thanks to chemist Roy Plunkett who accidentally discovered Teflon in 1938! Plunkett had hoped to create a new variety of chlorofluorocarbons (despised CFC). When he came back to checkon his experiment in a freezing chamber. When he observed a canister that was going to be fully gaseous but he found that it appeared to have disappeared. There were few white flakes left though. These became great lubricants which trade in millions now, known as Teflon coats.

9) X-Rays

 

Yeah, I know they can’t be created! They had been discovered.  In 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen was performing an experiment with cathode rays, he noticed a fluorescent cardboard shining. A thick screen had been placed between his cathode emitter and the radiated cardboard, the particles of light were passing through the solid objects. He quickly found that an image can be printed on a film too! Thus, this led to the accidental discovery of the X-Rays.

10) Ice Cream Cones

 

Ice cream had been served over plates for years! It was until 1904, that this ice cream cone was invented in the World Fair. An ice cream stall was selling so much that they were gonna be out of plates. Next to them, was a waffle store that was hardly selling anything. The owners the thought to merge their stalls. First, for a waffle in a form of a cone, then plopping in some of the ice cream. The awesome threat was then made.

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