Who invented the first radar? World War II During the first World War, the British became aware of the challenges of preventing a bombing attack on England as detection might come too late to intercept airplanes. In 1935, as the prospect of a new war was on the horizon, the British becam...
This remarkable headgear was invented by Frenchman Jean Auscher as an acoustic navigation device in case of radar failure on small vessels. Shown at the 1960 Brussels Inventor's Fair, and, one suspects, nowhere else ever again. If he thought it was a new idea he was sadly mistaken. This...
The opening of higher frequencies (those of themicrowaveregion) to radar, with its attendant advantages, came about in late 1939 when the cavitymagnetronoscillator was invented by British physicists at the University of Birmingham. In 1940 the British generously disclosed to theUnited Statesthe concep...