Mr. Giant Reacts: 10 Canadian Inventions

I react to 10 Canadian Inventions. What have been Canadians contribution to the world as far as inventions are concerned. I take a look at that in this video.

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[terrygaudio]

You remember the Canadian Heritage Minute about the Avro Arrow? After the Arrow program was shut down, much of their staff were gobbled by NASA. A great many of them were involved in the space program.

[danielletisserand]

If you are interested in space look up Chris Hadfield was on a few shuttle missions commanded the international space station, but probably one of his most memorable events was playing the guitar in space to David Bowie's Space Odyssey

[paulsmith]

The gas mask invented by a Newfoundlander. Newfoundland was its own country during the first world war. It fought for Britain. It was Britain's oldest colony. Joined Canada in 1949

[timandsuelegere]

one of the greatest contributions to the world was insulin invented by banting here in canada.

[GoWestYoungMan]

A few more: AM/AM broadcasting, IMAX, fathometer (measures water depth), gramophone, newsprint, pager, telephone (Alexander Graham Bell at his Brantford, Ontario homestead; 1st long distance phone call was also from there between Brantford and nearby Paris, Ontario), standard time, walkie talkie, peanut butter, California rolls, ginger ale (Canada Dry), canola, Hawaiian pizza, instant mashed potatoes, sonar, G-suit, alkaline battery, electric stove, garbage bags, light bulb (Edison bought the patent from Woodward and Evans), lawn sprinkler, zipper, plexiglas, kerosene, pacemaker, insulin, basketball, hockey, hockey mask, jock strap (cup), North American football (1861 University of Toronto), instant replay, television camera, film colourization, Trivial Pursuit, baseball (1838 Beachville, Ontario), Superman (Joe Shuster created him, modelled the Daily Planet on the Toronto Star where he used to work, and Metropolis on Toronto), caulking gun, paint roller, electric car heater, paint lines on roads, hydrofoil boat, JAVA programming language, first internet search engine (Archie), wireless radio transmission. Canada was also partner with the UK and US in the Manhattan Project. So Canada had nuclear capability in 1945 but was the only 1 of the 3 that decided not to use the technology to build a nuclear arsenal. Canada built reactors and made medical isotopes instead.

[captaincanada]

Love you brother. ❤ Do you end with Cool Runnings because of the Canadian connection, or is just something you say or heard said growing up?

[Clever]

11. SONAR
12. RADIO
13. BINOCULARS
14. PEANUT BUTTER
15. WALKIE TALKIE

[Chimos]

Canada partners with nasa in its space missions, we even have astronauts that have flown with the Americans!

[GoWestYoungMan]

Canada doesn't have as rich a space history as the USA or USSR but quite a long history in space nonetheless. On Sept. 29, 1962, Canada joined the US and the (then) USSR as only the 3rd country in the world to design and operate a space satellite. In 1972, Canada launched Anik A-1, the world’s first geostationary communications satellite. There have been 17 Canadian astronauts in total with the first going to space in 1984 on the Challenger (NASA). Canada is a partner in the International Space Station.

[peterhouck]

Tony stole my thunder look for clips on Avro Arrow the engineers did exactly as Tony says. THEY helped a great deal with the Saturn 5 rocket that sent people to the moon. Many other NASA projects over the years. The Arrow airplane they made would be a good jet by today's standards let alone what it did in the late 50s. SR 71 and Arrow were designed in the same era but Canada didn't follow through with the project. It was literally destroyed. A Canadian tragedy.

[orestzarowsky]

The BlackBerry was kiilled by the US Government. For "National Security" reasons. See also Apple iPhone and the security "issues" around that.