Being True to my name here are some Intresting facts about things we use in our modern lives.
1.Bikini Story
Do you Know Louis Reard? He was an engineer at Régie Nationale and Usines Renault SA in Billacourt;
I am sure you have never heard of him but you would have heard about his invention “ the Bikini”
Image : Louis Réard, an automotive engineer by profession who invented the famous ‘bikini’
Réard's design was a string bikini consisting of four triangles (Engineering Trigonometry) made from only 30 square inches (194 cm2) of fabric printed with a newspaper pattern. When Réard sought a model to wear his design at its debut presentation, none of the usual models would wear the suit, so he hired 19 year old nude dancer Micheline Bernardini from the Casino de Paris to model it. He introduced it to the media and public in Paris on July 5, 1946 at Piscine Molitor, a public pool in Paris. It was a shocking swimsuit design that for the first time revealed the wearer's navel.
Story beind the name “ Bikini”
The United States Navy had detonated a 23-kiloton atomic bomb over the tiny Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific just four days prior Reard’s unveiling. Thinking his swimsuit would have the same sort of dramatic impact on the public, Louis registered the Bikini name for his creation. Réard's business soared, and in advertisements he kept the bikini mystique alive by declaring that a two-piece suit wasn't a genuine bikini "unless it could be pulled through a wedding ring”.
Image & Info Source : Engineered Bikini
2. Story of bayonet light fitting!
The very popular Bayonet light fitting was patented by Rolls Royce founder Henry Royce back in 1884.
3. Crazy Frog Song- Watch the song below.
Story behind the Song :
In 1997, a Gothenburg student Daniel Malmedahl created a music imitating the sounds two stroke engine of a Trabant. The music became viral and hit in the online community.
4. Story of Windshield and Side Glass.
In case of a vehicle accident you must first try to escape from the side glass rather than the Windshield glass. Side glass in most vehicle other than bullet proof cars are made of Tempered glass and easy to break (Designed to break in case of accident)
Windshield glass is a laminated glass which is produced by bonding layers of glass together under pressure and heat with a resin called PVB(Polyvinyl Butyral).The PVB keeps the glass from breaking apart easily and provides high sound insolution. Laminated glass will felx before shattering and will not break in an accident (It is designed not to break in case of an accident)
Link : Automotive Glasses
5.Invention of Helmets!
Need of helmets were investigated after the above gentle man died in a motorcycle accident. T.E. Lawrence was a British military officer who took part in the Great Arab Revolt and later wrote the memoir -The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.While driving his George VII (He had the habbit of naming his bikes as George and this motorcycle was 7th in the list) he met with an accident.
