“There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.” Thomas Edison said this and died just ten years before the Manhattan Project began. Even with the US creating deadly weapons, America still made many advances in other technology. The inventions and technology of the 1940’s advanced military, created new electronics, and added to everyday life. The military in the 1940’s advanced in a variety of ways. The ability to move soldiers increased dramatically with the addition of Jeeps and the first test of the jet engine. Synthetic …show more content…
The next computers were the first electronic digital computer and the Mark 1 computer created by Harvard that was “capable of finding the product of two 11-digit numbers in just three seconds” (Marsh). America also made advancements in television to have color and made a Polaroid camera which could print a picture in 60 seconds (Marsh). Health was still advancing as well with the use of penicillin, invention of the kidney dialysis machine, and synthetic tooth fillings …show more content…
New cookware like Tupperware was created to help store and keep things good for longer. The microwave was invented by accident and would take two more decades to be ready for consumer use (Bean-Mellinger). Cooking was also made easier by boxed cake mix coming to the market (Bellis). Entertainment was added in a variety of ways from toys to music. Music was added to by the invention of the jukebox in 1948. New toys were made like Silly Putty, the Slinky, and Frisbee (“1940s: The Greatest Generation.”). Many new tools were made as well to help with people's lives. Tools from the 1940’s range from kitty litter, velcro, aerosol cans, to even scuba tanks (Bellis). Duct tape which many people use everyday was created in 1942 (“1940s: The Greatest Generation.”). All of the inventions and technology from the 40’s advanced the military, created new electronics, and added things to everyday life that we still use today. America discovered a way to make synthetic rubber to mass produce jeeps and made inventions like the microwave and duct tape. They even created the deadliest weapon to have ever existed. If all of the inventions from the 40’s were never made, who knows what life would be like