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Black and white image of the first dump truck

Dump Truck

The quick spill. Perhaps the greatest time-saver for the modern labourer is—of all things—the...

Black and white picture of a man named Robert Foulis

Foghorn

The coded voice of danger. The lower the frequency of a musical note, the...

Black and white image of two old suitcases stacked on top of each other

Baggage Tag

The traceable luggage. Even the simplest innovations need to start somewhere. Consider the humble...

Two circus performers dressed as birds holding hoops that another performer is jumping through

Cirque du Soleil

The twenty-first century circus. In 1984, Guy Laliberté had a vision for the next...

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Life Jacket

The Inuit fisher’s insurance. When exposed to Canada’s frigid waters, both coastal and inland,...

Inuit people building a igloo in the arctic

Igloo

The ingenious structure. Engineers and architects have found few structures more intriguing than the traditional home...

Photo of an early version of insulin

Insulin

The end of terror. Diabetes. There was a time when the word struck terror...

Photo of child in Jolly Jumper apparatus

Jolly Jumper

The back saver. Life is hard enough with two arms. When one of them...

Inuit man on a lake in the first kayak

Kayak

The high-speed hunter. The kayak is the hunter’s boat in name; it means exactly...

Illustration of light bulb

Light Bulb

The bright future. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the electric light bulb. Credit for that...

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