Research

Time
-Evolution of Object

Microscope
-”Flea Glasses”
-toward the end of the thirteenth century when spectacles gained popularity these were invented to look at bugs
-Light microscope 1590 Zaccharias Janssen and son Hans
-Galileo 1609 added a focusing device
-Anton van Leeuwenhoek approx. 1650 developed his own finely ground microscope
-he was the first to see bacteria and yeast plants
-The electron microscope followed 1931 invented by Ernst Ruska
-Then the scanning probe microscope
http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/microscope_2.htm

Cotton Swab
-cotton on a toothpick
-if a miss cleaning a sharp poke to the inner ear could result
-Leo Gerstenzang invented the q-tip in 1923 under the name Baby Gays
-first wooden qtip
-later paper stemmed qtip
-last plastic qtip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_swab

Latex Glove
-The glove goes back to as early as 440 BC
-First latex glove was produced in 1964 by Ansell Limited in Melbourne
-Nitile is replacing latex and was first developed in 1844 by Hermann Fehling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glove
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_gloves

Magnifying Glass
-Aristophanes wrote about magnification qalities of glass as early as 380 B.C.
-1065 “reading stones” were used by monks
-Roger Bacon invented the magnifying glass in 1268
-Magical Glass is a computer screen magnification program that was developed on dec. 9, 2007
http://freestone-group.com/magg.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnifying_glass

Camera
-Camera obscura was written about by chinese philosopher Mozi as early as 390 B.C.
-First Permanent photo was taken by Joseph Nicephone Niepce
in 1862
-First digital camera was released in 1973
-it recorded onto a cassette tape
-had a res. of .01
-weighed 8 lbs.
-took 23 sec. to record
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera

Tweezers
-First used in approx. 3000 B.C. by Mesopotamians and Indians
-They were more tong like and used for moving things onto and off of fires.
-1990’s Carlos Bustamante developed Optical tweezers us a laser to create an attractive and repulsive force.
-Phillip Kim and Charles Lieber developed nano tweezers in 1999
-they are made of 100 nanometer micropippette
https://mailman.rice.edu/pipermail/rsi/2000-October/000021.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_tweezers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweezers

Plastic Bag (ziplock)
-Developed by dow chemical in 1968
made of polyethelene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziploc

Flashlight
-Joshua Cowen 1896 invented the first flashlight
-it was originally meant to light potted plants
-First LED flashlight in 1999-2001
-HID flashlights produce more light by running electricity through ionized gas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashlight