FYI: The compact cassette tape (audio) was invented by Philips. The CD: Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Washinton. The LCD: RCA in 1968. You did get 8mm video right. Hey, 1 out of 3 aint bad... Cheers, Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Andrew Grebneff Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 5:44 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Confused owner?
>I think you'll find that the Japanese aren't famous for inventing anything >new. That's because of public ignorance, which is fortunately dying out with the older generations. I doubt Fuji Heavy Engineering had ever heard of Ferguson when they came up with the idea of building the world's first 4WD road car. How about V-Tec (1984), the compact cassette, CD, 8mm video camera... and who invented the LCD? (I don't know who, but would be far from surprised if it was the Japanese). These days BMW & Mercedes copy Japanese cars' styling cues. |
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