AMERICA AND DISCOVERIES

INSIGHT AMERICA

AMERICA AND DISCOVERIES

Money, proper environment and clean and hygienic surroundings are essential for anyone to concentrate on the subject of his work. America has all these facilities. Apart from these basic -necessities, fear of Russia is equally advanced in many fields, Americans want to be the first in this field. The development of Atom Bomb, Rockets etc is a proof for such developments.

American universities provide full facilities and encouragements including liberal funding for researches. That is why most of the discoveries originate in America. For example:-

1.Wright Bros for Aeroplane.
2.Ford motors.
3.Ambulance.
4.Artificial Heart.
5.Jeans.
6.Ball point Pens.
7.Bubble Gums.
8.Chock late.
9.Coca Cola.
10.Computer.
11.Drive-in-Theatre.
12.Electric Chair.
13.Internet.
14.Micro oven.
15.Cinema.
16.Pace Maker.
17.Space Shuttle.

Like these things, many other facilities for ordinary people have come from America. America shows no discrimination of Research Workers- They come from all Nations. Many Indians are highly successful in this country.

Ashok Gadgil invented a device, which kills germs producing many deceases in water, supply clean water to ordinary people, which is responsible for eliminating cholera like deceases, and saved many people in all countries.

The popular internet and E-mail originated from America. Computer discovery reads a very interesting story.

30- Years before Rand organization had a doubt. If nuclear devices- attack, America how to get information has quickly to counter act such attacks... The Father of the internet- Paul Bran discovered a device called mode by which you can send short message from one computer to another computer.

That discovery has led to the present day internet and e-mail.

The discovery of ball –point pen is another interesting story.

In 1930 A presses Reporter in Hungary-Ladson Biros made a cone shaped barrel and placed a ball at the tip. Ink from the barrel flowed through the ball and by rotating supplied ink for writing and thus born- Ball- Point pen.

Right from Abraham Lincoln to present president- America encourages Research in all fields.

In 1790-, more than 6-million patents were registered.

By these discoveries, the life style has improved several times in America.

One small example is given here:

I was staying at Cerritos- a small town in Los Angelus. Here the roadside trees are beautifully laid and maintained excellently. I used to see only one person is doing this job. He is provided with a van with ladder and other mechanical devices like tree cutter and trimmer, rubbish bins and other tools.
Every day morning he drives the van and with battery, operated saws nicely cut the trees to see they are not touching the electric wires. He makes the cut branches into small pieces and stores them in the bins.

Later he cuts the grass neatly and in the evening h returns with the van.

As against this let us how we are handling this job.

Two workers with a long bamboo pole fixed with- aruval – cut the branches and leave it on the road itself. It will be lying there until another set of workers who will come after a day or two to remove them. In the meantime, street urchins will remove the leaves from the branches and take the wood throwing the leaves on the road.

Necessity is the mother of invention and Americans know perfectly this.

R.Jagannathan.