11 out of thousands of world changing Italian inventions. 1. Telephone: invented by Manzetti (1844) and Meucci (1871) 2. Plastic: yes, the one we use every day in many shapes and colours, it was created by Natta in the 60′s and sold with the name of Moplen 3. Piano: this musical instrument was born in 1698 (in its modern form) and was invented by Cristofali 4. Battery: Volta was the father of this invention (1799). The measurement unit Volt takes his name. 5. Glasses: a great invention for people who can’t see very well, born during the 14th century 6. Bank: a system created and largely developed in Northern Italy in 1462, during the Renaissance 7. Radio: invented by Marconi and the Spanish Cevera in 1895 8. Highway: the first proper motorway was the one connecting Milan and Laghi, built in 1923 9. Microchip: Faggin created this small but so important component of every electronic device during the 60′s 10. Helicopter: invented in 1930 by d’Ascanio 11. Food as pleasure, not just substance. A thought first brought to large scale popularity by Epictetus, a Greek living in and deeply inspired by Rome.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:47:30 +0000