American reacts to 10 German Inventions that CHANGED THE WORLD

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[e.s.]

There are other important German inventions among others Airbag, Aspirin, Chip Card, Computer, Contact Lenses, Helicopter, Jeans, Jet Engine, Motorcycle, Record Player, Refrigerator, Scanner, Tape Recorder, Telephone, Television, Toothpaste, X-Ray Technology

[Vrxiz]

Then there was this little thing called the automobile invented by Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler ^^. But hey, knowing about all of these inventions, imagine the shock German foreign exchange students went through when arriving with their American host families who then proceeded to ask them if they have cars in their country.

[rainerausdemspring]

You missed: The automobile, the bicycle, the computer, the chemical fertilizer invented by Haber and Bosch probably saved the lives of billions, and thousands of others.
In the 19th and early 20th century scientist and engineers learned German and came to Germany in order to study at a German university.

[tosa]

What about X-ray, invented by Wilhelm Conard Röntgen. This is too important to be missing from this list.

[ravanpee]

Nr.1 the Computer by Konrad Zuse in 1943, Nr.2 the car by Carl Benz

[heinedietiker]

Even more important than inventions are discoveries because they are fundamental to science and many products follow from them. The infinite desimal calculus (Leibniz), dualsystem (Leibniz, this is the base of all computer languages), quantum physics (Planck, Heisenberg), the theory of relativity (Einstein), the identification of bacteria as pathogens (Koch) and the rules of recessive or dominant hereditary factors (Mendel) are considered German discoveries.

[TotallyNotAFox]

Wait, no mention of Vinyl records? Mentioning the first modern computer developed by Konrad Zuse also would had been cool. Justus von Liebig also was forgotten - he invented the fertilizer that made it possible to literally feed billions of people everyday

[SilvanaDil]

Fun fact: There are only four complete vellum copies of Gutenberg's bible from those heady days of the 15th Century -- one each in Germany, the UK, France and the USA.

[simrock_]

Sadly the, to me at least, most important one is missing, which would be the Haber-Bosch process for industrial scale Ammonia production (for fertilizer), allowing the population boom of the 20th century to happen.

[nomaam]

Are these supposed to be the most important German inventions? The most important inventions are actually missing:

Peter Henlein, inventor of the first portable clock (1511)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, inventor of the binary number system (1679)
Johann Philipp Reis, inventor of the telephone (1860)
Carl von Linde, inventor of the refrigerator (1873)
Carl Benz, inventor of the automobile (1885)
Otto Lilienthal, inventor of the airplane (1894)
Manfred von Ardenne, inventor of the television (1928)
Wernher von Braun, inventor of rocket technology (1936)
Konrad Zuse, inventor of the computer (1941)
Hans von Ohain, inventor of the turbine jet engine for aircraft (1942)

[awsme]

*The Chip Card (1977):*
Born out of the desire for a more secure credit card, German inventors *Jürgen Dethloff* and *Helmut Göttrup* spent nine years developing the chip card.
Their card, which contained a built in programmable microprocessor, is the ancestor of our mobile, credit, and debit cards, and even the chips in our passports.

[awsme]

*Process to make Sugar:*
*Franz Carl Achard* developed a process to produce sugar from sugar beet. Built the first factory for the process in 1802.

[Lodarus]

You were a bit to fast by ending the video ;) the greatest inventions are still wainting for you to watch :D

[marcelkurz]

There are a few i would consider more Important. For example the generator(dynamo) by siemens. The (axial) jet engine which is used in every passenger Airliner and jet. The radial concept was a british invention. It did work but did not catch on. The bycycle is a big one too. XRay should be considered as well. In Computer technology the first fully programmable computer, beforehand there were computers around already. Braunsche Röhre -> television.

[awsme]

*C-Leg*
It took a long time for the prosthetic leg to develop beyond the Long John Silver solution, but in *1997 the Lower Saxony-based Otto Bock HealthCare company* gave the *world’s pirate population the first completely microprocessor-controlled knee joint they had ever seen.* Since then the computer-controlled leg has facilitated the lives of countless amputees.

The Otto Bock company says the leg needs around two months to adjust to a user’s unique gait, and it can allow different walking speeds. Sensors process information 50 times per second, adapting control to every situation. It also allows amputees to walk downstairs step over step, rather than one step at a time. C-legs have also been developed for amputations above and below the knee.

[red_dolphin]

fun fact the very first coffe Filter was not paper, it was one of Melitta Benz´ tights.

[nwi]

We made everything. Car, Bycicle, Television, Computer, Space Rocket, Mp3 Format, Thermometer, Radio Waves, And much more

[jancleve]

They forgot DIN (Deutsche Industie Normierung/ German Industy Standard).
Most practical Idea ever.

[Concorde]

Inventions that americans claimed are american, but that actually are german.
1: Motor car. Often credited to Henry Ford, the first motor car was ceated in 1885 by Carl Benz. Ford 'only' streamlined the production, btw. in complete violation of the patent rights.
2: Airplane. Credited to the Wright brothers, they didn't invent the Airplane itself but the motorized flight instead, the airframe was an invention of Otto Lilienthal.

[safebet]

I am missing one of the biggest inventions. The first real computer from Konrad Zuse.