Random inventions worth the price

There have been inventions that upset the world, which were born casually, like Viagra for the strong sex or Penicillin antibiotics . Wired magazine has collected some of them that have been " lucky ".

Drugs Viagra

Scientist Albert Hoffmann
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Initially Viagra was studied as a medicine to treat sore throats. The world's men are grateful to the people of Mertir Tidefeel in Wales. It was there in 1992, during the testing process, a great side effect of the drug was discovered.

LSD (hallucinogenic synthetic drug)

In 1943, Swiss scientist Albert Hoffmann was the first to try " acid ". He found on himself the effect of LSD on conducting scientific studies of this substance and its effect on the reproductive process.

Tia Ranhen

In the 19th century, many scientists were interested in the rays that appeared when electrons struck metal beer. But the German scientist Wilhelm Rontgen was the inventor of the radioactive radiation in 1895. He gave this radiation to different objects, and instead of replacing them, he happened to notice on the wall the projection his hand bones.

Penicillin

In 1928, Scottish scientist Aleksandr Fleming conducted flu research. Once he noticed green-blue mold (natural penicillin released by mold), reproduced in a bowl that killed all the staphylocoque bacteria in it.

Artificial sweetener

Microwave - magnetron transmitter
(Photo: genietenvanvers) The three most common sugar substitutes were invented only by scientists who forgot to wash their hands. Xiclamat (1937) and aspartame (1965) are a by-product of medical studies, while sakharin (1879) was discovered by accident while studying tar derivatives.

Microwave

Magnetrons used to operate at allied radar stations during the Second World War. But the new application was discovered in 1946, when a magnetron melted chocolate in the pocket of Percy Spenser - an engineer at Raytheon, USA.

Vulcanized rubber

Unvulcanized rubber is poorly resistant to external influences and unpleasant odors. Charles Goodyear invented the vulcanization process when accidentally placing a mixture of rubber and sulfur on a burning oven.