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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1958: Spandex (aka Lycra)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Shivers (for DuPont) invented https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandex

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1944: Acrylic

DuPont invented Acrylic

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1949: Modacrylic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Carbide invented Modacrylic

Great American Inventions/Inventors:

~1960's: Nomex

DuPont invented https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomex

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1938: Teflon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Plunkett (at DuPont) invented Teflon ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene )

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1941: foamed polystyrene (Styrofoam)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McIntire (at Dow Chemical) invented Styrofoam

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1849: Safety Pin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hunt_(inventor) invented the Safety Pin

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1859: Spiraled Electric Stove top

George B. Simpson invented the electric stove top

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1912: Electric Red/Yellow/Green traffic light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Wire invented the electric traffic light

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1970: The Digital Watch

Hamilton Watch released the first Digital Watch the "Pulsar" with a red LED display.

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1951: Passenger car Power Steering

Chrysler was the first passenger car company to introduce power steering in their Imperial.

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1928: Sliced Bread Machine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Frederick_Rohwedder invented https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+best+thing+since+sliced+bread
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...t-thing-since-sliced-bread-originated/252674/

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1960: Jet Injector (no-needle injection of vaccines)

Aaron Ismach invented the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_injector

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1947: Radar Speed Gun

John L. Barker Sr., and Ben Midloc invented the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_gun

1989: Laser Speed Gun

Jeremy Dunn of Laser Technology Inc invented the Laser Speed Gun

 

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Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1975: The Steadicam

Garrett Brown invented the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steadicam

1984: The Skycam

Garrett Brown also invented the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skycam