Pennicilin, WWII

Reading over the discoveries listed it is obvious that the title of this topic should be:

How discoveries or innovations are applied to war time use.

Example:

Penicillin was "discovered" at least as early as 1929. A way of mass producing it was not found until 1943. It became available to allied forces in mass quantities prior to D-Day.

The accelerated development of the Atomic bomb could be attributed to war. Nuclear power plants could be considered a beneficial development of this war time innovation.

Most of the items brought up on this topic are things that were known before wars and just applied to warfare for the benefit of the military.

That is true. I actually found that finding inventions first invented BY the military and applied to civilian use later much harder to find.

I can't be arsed at this point.

Originally Posted by bulldogg

I can't be arsed at this point.

You were not being "arsed", your point was a lot closer to true than the guy who thought the machinegun was an "innovation that has gifted the world".

It is tough to find things invented during wars to be used in warfare that have really advanced humanity.

TCP/IP Protocol -Devoloped by the DOD during the Cold War as a non-interruptable method of data communication.

Fuel Injection.

Nuclear weapons.

With them, a large scale war will probably never exist again.

GPS - The Cold War

Aircraft carriers 4.5 acres of sovereign United States that can be placed withing striking or aid distance of anywhere in the world