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Chapter 14
Introduction
Factoids
Below is a list of products that highlights the elapse of time (in years) between
a product’s conception, and its development and introduction onto the market.
The table is adapted from an article in The New York Times by Stephen Rosen.
conception realization interval
television 1884 1947 63
photography 1782 1838 56
radar 1904 1939 35
heart pacemaker 1928 1960 32
antibiotics 1910 1940 30
zippers 1883 1913 30
radio 1890 1914 24
ballpoint pen 1938 1946 16
stainless steel 1904 1920 16
nylon 1927 1939 12
roll-on deodorant 1948 1955 7
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