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Household Technology

Even the Kitchen Sink

Janis Nostbakken

Pre-1948, the typical kitchen sink was made of cast-iron coated in baked enamel that chipped and stained easily. Harry Galley, who had been in the nickel business for a couple of decades, knew there had to be a better option. Stainless steel seemed to fill the bill: lightweight, durable and easy to clean. Other designers had created one-of-a-kind sinks from stainless, but no one had successfully found a method of mass production. Galley discovered a way of using newly improved tooling techniques

Alfred C. Fuller

Household Technology

Alfred C. Fuller

Janis Nostbakken

Alfred C. Fuller 1885-1973 Alfred was born into a large farming family in Welsford, Nova Scotia. At the age of 18 he decided to seek his fortune in the big city and moved in with an older sister living in Boston, Massachusetts. It was there, in a crude basement workshop next to the coal bin in his sister’s home, that Alfred began developing products specially designed to clean Victorian households. His first inventions included a sweeper made to work without scratching floors, a spittoon cleaner

Jeff Dahn - 2016 Governor General's Innovation Awards Winner

Governor General's Innovation Awards

A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Dr. Jeff Dahn is Canada’s most distinguished scientist in the field of advanced atteries. Jeff Dahn and his dedicated team of researchers have pioneered the method of high-precision coulometry to rank the life span of Li-ion cells in a few weeks of testing. Not only has this development allowed researchers worldwide to speed up the R&D process and create a better and longer-lasting Li-ion cell, but it will also contribute to the switch of our energy

One of the first Rogers “Battery Less” radios, made in 1925. Source: Tom Alföldi; Ingenium 1969.0710

Household Technology

Rogers Radio Receiver

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

When it was launched in Canada in 1925, the Rogers “Battery Less” radio receiver transformed radio listening. Instead of using heavy batteries, the radio drew power from an alternating current (AC) power source, the first radio to successfully do so. This switch became possible when Edward (Ted) Rogers Sr of Toronto perfected a vacuum tube that could run on a home’s AC electrical system. Rogers’s tube produced a clean sound and it also eliminated complicated wiring and potential leaks from the

Illustrations of caulking guns in the 1960 Caverhill, Learmont & Co., Limited Wholesale Hardware catalogue - provided by the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation.

The Caulking gun

Stephen Sedgwick-Williams

Though you might not think about it too much, the caulking gun is an important part of your world. Historically, caulk has been used for everything from making sure that the tiles in your bathroom don’t leak into your floorboards, to putting ships together. It’s hard to imagine a world where it wasn’t easily applied through the use of a caulking gun, but about 130 years ago it was much harder to apply. In 1894, Canadian inventor Theodore Witte of Chilliwack, British Columbia filed a patent for

Radio, Receiver Source: Ingenium [Artifact no. 2001.0320.001]

Business & Economics

Radio, Receiver Source: CSTMC/SMSTC [Artifact no. 2001.0320.001]

Early Life Ted Rogers and his passion for radio technology and communications built the foundation for today’s renowned company, Rogers Communications. Edward Samuel Rogers, known as Ted Rogers, was born on June 21, 1900, in Toronto, Ontario. Passion for Radio At the age of 11, he became fascinated with radio after seeing his first receiver. Just two years later, he was already being recognized in the community as a skilled radio operator after transmitting signals with one of the first licensed

Source: Ingenium Artifact no. 2003.0061.001

Business & Economics

Peter Lymburner Robertson (1879-1951)

Peter Lymburner Robertson Peter Lymburner Robertson – also known as P.L. Robertson – was a Canadian business mogul, author and inventor. He popularized the square-socket version of the screw and the corresponding screwdriver in the early 1900s. His products are still named after him today. Robertson was born in Seneca, which is now part of Haldimand County located in southern Ontario. From Pain to Product Robertson became a sales representative in Canada for a Philadelphia tool company. During a

Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad Company lamp and trainman's torch Source: Ingenium [CN002052]

Business & Economics

The Discovery of Kerosene

An Invention Brought to Light For thousands of years prior to Abraham Gesner’s discovery, people had used oil lamps to light their way. Like many primitive products, though, oil had its downfalls. The flame produced in oil lamps wasn’t very bright and the oil used would go bad after being stored for a while. Gesner sought a fix. By distilling coal, he produced a clear liquid. When this liquid was placed in a lamp with a wick, it burned cleaner and much brighter than oil. He dubbed the liquid

new drug development technology

Household Technology

Changing the shape of drug delivery

Canada Foundation for Innovation

A University of Toronto spin-off finds success in commercializing new drug development technology By Malorie Bertrand Like a sculptor to clay, organic chemist Andrei Yudin and his team manipulate the shape of large molecules using chemical reactions to make them orally absorbable. Complex molecules that perform sophisticated tasks to treat certain diseases are typically too big to be orally absorbed such as smaller, simpler molecules, such as Aspirin. With the help of equipment funded by the

The father of television, Alphonse Ouimet, built the first television prototype in 1932 and later became the President of the CBC. Source: CBC Still Photo Collection.

Household Technology

Television comes to Canada

Algonquin college

Daniel Prinn Algonquin College Journalism Program If you enjoy crashing on your couch after a long day and watching your favourite TV show, you can thank J. Alphonse Ouimet, also known as the father of Canadian television. Today, television is everywhere. In fact, about 14.5 million households in Canada own at least one television set. Bringing television to Canada Ouimet, a Montreal native, worked for a firm developing television. He built a prototype of the first television set in 1932 when he

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