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Who and when invented the balloon-expandable stent?

The stent, a device for keeping blood vessels open, has revolutionized the management of atherosclerosis. The first usable stent was transplanted by Argentine doctor Julio Palmaz.

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Who invented the touchpad and when?

The invention of laptop computers brought with it a problem. How would computer users navigate the mouse cursor displayed in the operating system used on their portable computers without a physical computer mouse?

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Who developed Microsoft Word and when?

The first Microsoft Word was developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie, who previously worked for Xerox but were later hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to work at Microsoft.

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When and by whom was the cable modem invented?

Imagine a world where broadband internet does not exist. In a world without this high-speed data transfer, could the internet continue to be the center of information, photos, movies, and corporate business opportunities as it is today?

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The webcam was invented by university students who wanted to drink fresh coffee

The world's first webcam, known as the Webcam, was invented by Cambridge University students in England as a result of their need for fresh coffee.

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Her child made her an inventor: How was the dripless cup invented? The story of Mandy Haberman

British Mandy Haberman had little to do with inventions until her third child, Emily, was born in 1980.

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Who developed infertility treatment and how?

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection - ICSI is the process of injecting a single sperm into the egg. This method can be especially helpful in cases of infertility caused by various sperm problems such as low sperm count or inability of sperm to enter the egg.

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What is JPEG, who invented it and why?

Before the 1990s, the internet was generally a text-based platform. Because downloading and distribution of images (bitmaps) created with digital data took a very long time. This situation ended with the invention of the JPEG standard in 1992, which allows images to be compressed to reduce the file size.

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The cornerstone of autonomous car technology: the invention of GPS

GPS is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions with four or more satellites in an unobstructed line of sight on Earth. So how was GPS invented?