Colombian Inventions

kernow62 says on Jun 14, 2005, 11:43:

The Andean submarine.

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Albatross says on Jun 14, 2005, 11:51:

And... The gasoline powered turtle neck sweater.

“Democracy - a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H.L. Mencken

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Colombiche says on Jun 14, 2005, 11:59:

Malaria Vaccine How's that?? Try poking fun at that one you 3 amigos!

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jun 14, 2005, 12:05:

Sadly, however, the "Malaria Vaccine" didn't really do the trick. Or else there'd be more than one Colombian Nobel Prize winner.

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kernow62 says on Jun 14, 2005, 12:59:

The patented "bag o water" fly and mosquito repellant.

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kernow62 says on Jun 14, 2005, 13:00:

The flaming deep fryer tricycle.

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kernow62 says on Jun 14, 2005, 13:01:

Man with big stick; tyre pressure gauge.

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kernow62 says on Jun 14, 2005, 13:02:

Inflatable burro love doll.

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kernow62 says on Jun 14, 2005, 16:05:

http://www.oei.org.co/siiar01

http://www.oei.org.co/siiar01.htm So now I know who invented the traffic light at the airports.

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dwmte says on Jun 14, 2005, 16:52:

i like the tooter tubes .... in the gold museum....

one nostril, two lines; two nostrils one or two lines. way cool. especially since they're 800 yrs old.

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Albatross says on Jun 15, 2005, 03:30:

. So Carter, are you "educated" yet ?

“Democracy - a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H.L. Mencken

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jun 15, 2005, 06:10:

My personal favorite Is the Traffic Mime. I wish more big cities would use innovative things like that.

On the other hand, maybe more lives would be saved if Colombians would discover the seatbelt and the child seat.

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Dan says on Jun 15, 2005, 06:16:

What about Laser Eye surgery? Didn't that start in Colombia?

God Bless America!

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platano says on Jun 15, 2005, 06:39:

Colombian scientists also invented the panty condom... Testing was extensive and you can be sure the testing was strenuous. The result: panty condoms invented by Colombian scientists

Plátano, el banano verde
Oxigeno Verde ¡Libertad por Ingrid y los demás!

plátano

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dwmte says on Jun 15, 2005, 07:14:

ah!, yes, i forgot.... the panty condoms...thanks, platano.

how else could someone deal with crowded conditions on metros or other crowded places where safe sex was desireable? or simply wanting safe sex in hurried moments.....

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lpdiver says on Jun 15, 2005, 10:10:

Not to forget The Colombian necktie. I hope neckties for fathers day are not popular in Colombia!!!!!

Antony

"cook some rice!"

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IMorcombe says on Jun 15, 2005, 10:27:

and the winner is... The underarm deodorant for the "Brazo de Reina"...

Maria Ines

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N2Aquatix says on Jun 15, 2005, 11:26:

The Best The best Colombian invention of all: The Snapping Kitty Cat. ;)

Jay

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adela says on Jun 15, 2005, 14:40:

Carter-Albatross "So Carter, are you "educated" yet ?"



Why Carter didn't answer Albatross'question?.

Màs fe, màs abrazos, màs besos, màs disculpas, màs visitas a nuestros amigos antiguos nos haràn màs plenos cada vez.

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adela says on Jun 15, 2005, 14:41:

(Desi...

are you there?)

Màs fe, màs abrazos, màs besos, màs disculpas, màs visitas a nuestros amigos antiguos nos haràn màs plenos cada vez.

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dwmte says on Jun 15, 2005, 16:31:

hey, adela... what's up?

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santiBOG says on Jun 15, 2005, 16:50:

Isn't the cauchera a Colombian invention?

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 16, 2005, 10:01:

other than the malaria vaccine, I can't think of any. Yes, a few years ago I saw a newspaper article of a canguroo-type incubator for premature babies developed in Colombia, but I have no further info on it.

My favorite Colombian inventions are the piedra del rio and the batea.

Adela, here I am, you called?

Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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greenday says on Jun 16, 2005, 10:37:

hey Desi just wanted to say hi...

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 16, 2005, 11:00:

well hello, greenday, how have you been?
Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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greenday says on Jun 16, 2005, 11:47:

Desi I've been great, working hard...trying to keep all of my Colombianas happy (no easy chore!!)

take care!

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David E Carter says on Jun 16, 2005, 12:15:

Columbian Inventions I think the greatest invention was Columbian Girls

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Cerealkiller says on Jun 16, 2005, 12:37:

I think that eating pasta with rice like people do in pueblos is like the weirdest invention EVER!
And Bocadillos...ive never seen that anywhere but theyre great!!!

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill

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platano says on Jun 16, 2005, 15:12:

Another positive Colombian invention.... March 5, 2001 (Source: EL TIEMPO).

Colombian inventor prepares "Insectmovil" for Mars.

The "insectmovil" is the creation of a young Colombian inventor named Mauricio Fonseca Leal. The telemetric and remotely guided movil has been designed to take spiders, scorpions, and cockroaches to the red planet Mars. The project costs $30 million and has the support of the Colombian Association of Astronomists, which is presenting the project to NASA.




Plátano, el banano verde
Oxigeno Verde ¡Libertad por Ingrid y los demás!

plátano

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platano says on Jun 16, 2005, 15:20:

Juan Valdez does not qualify as a Colombian invention.... Juan Valdez® trademark is not a Colombian invention. It was created by a New York advertising agency that distributes Colombian coffee in North America.

Plátano, el banano verde
Oxigeno Verde ¡Libertad por Ingrid y los demás!

plátano

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dwmte says on Jun 16, 2005, 16:07:

platano... nice article...thanks for sharing.

i want to thank the general inventiveness of colombians in their every day life.

example. (s) using stacked sheets of newspaper to make oil-seal gaskets for large, industrial temkin rearends (differential) outter hubs. smart.

if a kitchen appliance is amiss, wont work...colombians don't toss it out, they fix it. anything and everything. even down to rewinding the armatures in the appliance motors.

electrical harnesses in cars. knowing full well that a complete new wiring harness for a car is not only not available, it can't even be ordered. they start from zero, slowly isolate the shortage and repair out to original integrity. they will sit and work through the night just to get it done.

i know these are just a couple, but i'll bet if those of you who have lived in colombia, think back, you, too, will remember incidents where you noted these colombians inventiveness at work. basically nothing of value is thrown out in colombia. trash hawks or dumpster divers in colombia survive on sparce, unpleasant cast offs. it's a tough life for the lowest levels of the poor...those living in land fills and eating out of them as well...raw poverty.

viva colombia...dw

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ColombianoX says on Jun 26, 2005, 19:16:

Colombian inventions? Here we go:

1 LA MÃ?QUINA CINVA-RAM.

El ingeniero chileno Raúl Ramírez, influido por arquitectos colombianos como Hernando Valencia Rubiano, quienes insistían en mecanizar el suelo-cemento no como tapial sino como bloques, inventó y patentó una pequeña máquina manual que dotaba a las familias pobres, especialmente campesinas, de una herramienta que, manejada por ellos mismos, les permitía levantar los muros de sus casas.

2 LA V�LVULA HAKIM. El médico Salomón Hakim inventó la llamada Válvula Hakim para corregir la hidrocefalia, fabricada primero artesanalmente en el taller familiar y con ayuda de sus hijos, y luego industrializada a través de firmas como Tissot y Johnson y Johnson.

3 MICROQUER�TOMO DE BARRAQUER. El oftalmólogo español José Ignacio Barraquer llegó a Colombia hace 50 años y en su consultorio y casa perfeccionó la operación de córnea mediante una serie de inventos, como el microquerátomo quirúrgico para tallar la córnea, diseñado en el principio del cepillo del carpintero y fundado en la 'ley de espesores de Barraquer'.

4 SILO SUBTERR�NEO DE PAPAS. Los químicos Daniel Díaz y Teresa Salazar, partiendo del aprovechamiento de los ciclos atmosféricos de la sabana cundiboyacense, salvaron la papa en 1964 mediante un sistema que, sin empleo de refrigeración mecánica o eléctrica, la mantenía en buenas condiciones de consumo hasta por un año.

5 MAM� CANGURO. El médico colombiano Édgar Rey, preocupado por la alta tasa de mortalidad de bebés prematuros del Hospital Materno Infantil de Bogotá, ideó un sistema para bajar dichas tasas, que consistió, básicamente, en mantener de modo continuo a los neonatos de peso inferior a 2.000 gramos en posición canguro debajo de la ropa de su madre y directamente entre sus senos, en contacto con su piel.

6 MOLINO DE DOBLE EFECTO. En 1979, el ingeniero mecánico Jorge Zapp Glauser ganó el Premio Nacional de Ciencias por su molino de viento de doble efecto, con el que pretendía demostrar que los países atrasados no debían imitar la tecnología avanzada, sino aprovechar sus fuentes de energía eólica e hidráulica, limpias y baratas.

7 FILTRACIÓN DE MÚLTIPLES ETAPAS. En el Instituto Cinara de la Universidad del Valle se desarrolló una tecnología de potabilización de agua sin químicos, mediante la combinación de dos técnicas ya conocidas: la filtración en gravas y la filtración lenta en arena, de lo que resultó una invención sin antecedentes en el mundo, la filtración en múltiples etapas.

8 BIOPOL�MERO DE FRUCTUOSA Y GLUCOSA. El paso inicial de esta patente en proceso lo constituyó una tesis de grado en farmacia en la Universidad Nacional, a partir de la cual investigadores del Instituto de Biotecnología desarrollaron un biopolímero de origen microbiano obtenido a partir de la sacarosa.

9 DISPOSITIVO PARA EXTRAER ENERG�A DE LAS NUBES Y CARGAR BATER�AS. Del mismo modo que el ingenioso Benjamín Franklin, los ingenieros del Grupo de Investigación en Compatibilidad Electromagnética de la Universidad Nacional desarrollaron, luego de casi 15 años de investigación, un dispositivo para captación y almacenamiento de la energía electrostática producida en las nubes de tormenta, para utilizarla como fuente renovable de energía eléctrica.

10 EQUIPO PARA MEDIR FRAGUADO DEL CONCRETO. A partir de una idea original desarrollada por un ingeniero argentino, y con el apoyo de la multinacional suiza Sika Colombia, el Centro Internacional de Física (CIF), con el físico José Enrique García, cambió la pregunta sobre cómo medir exactamente la iniciación del fraguado del concreto compactado con rodillo, cuestión vital en la construcción de una presa, de un túnel y aun de una resina dental.

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ColombianoX

'Defensor de la Colombianidad'

ColombianoX 'Defensor de la Colombianidad'

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carter says on Jun 27, 2005, 18:49:

Thankyou all I feel I know more now about Colombia than I ever have.

Non of the guys in my town could think of those listed above.

Alba - Took me a while to get back as Ive been taking a tour group of 15 around Santander for the past few days and before that I took a nice holiday in Salento.

I did make the post more because I knew It would lead to comedy value more than anything else.

Anyway Back to the tour, Last day, Hoorah

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quasoft says on Aug 15, 2005, 16:47:

Serious Colombian inventions It's hard to find a more valuable invention than the HEART PACE MAKER (MARCAPASOS). Dr. Jorge Reynolds, the only engineer accepted as a full member of the Colombian National Academy de Medicine. If you look in www.Google.com for JORGE REYNOLDS you'll get over 300.000 results, which gives you an idea about his importance.

Here's a brief (not complete) resume about him:
Jorge Reynolds Pombo, Colombian Electrical and Bio-Engineer (including
pioneer of pacemaker and whale electrocardiograms); Director, Grupo
Whales Heart Satellite Tracking; Member, 34 Colombia and
international scientific societies; Miembro Asociado por Invitacion
Sociedad Mexicano de Cardiologica; La Orden de Boyaca, Grado Gran
Official; Silver Medal of Scientific Merit, United Kingdom.

Jose Maria Gutierrez
www.SusMedicos.com

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Colombian_in_Arabia says on Jun 24, 2006, 07:20:

The Changua with Calado Yes. The delicious Changua with calado, somethimes with a fried egg or 2, sometimes with cilantro, sometimes even with an empanada. The official breakfast of Colombian truckdrivers. Somebody should patent it and start exporting it!! We have to let the world taste it. No more Corn Flakes, no more French Toast, no more pancakes, no more tea and cookies for breakfast. From now on, just changua with calado as main dish. May be one agua de panela (water of panela) as accompaniment.


Here the recipe:
http://www.recipezaar.com/133905

For those who don't know what is panela: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panela


(And it's Colombia, not Columbia!!)
Betto the Man

Betto the Man

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Monpirri says on Jun 25, 2006, 22:07:

Righ on man! I am strong aficionado of Changua with calado! But I said Changua is the breakfast of all Colombian epicureans. How about those humongous tamales tolimenses? Or how about the super delicious caribañolas? I have to stop here.

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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