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Being Hungarian gives you a sense of pride, the country is very beautiful and, across history, it has had its place among the most powerful empires in the world. Just think about the fact that there are 13 Nobel laureates that have brought a Nobel prize in every category except peace.
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The matter of fact is that Hungary has had its share of inventors all throughout history and we can be proud of every one of them because they revolutionized their fields one way or another. And we are not talking about inventing the Hoyer lift, although if we make a comparison between Hoyer lifts and the ballpoint pen, they both made a difference for a lot of people.
We’ve gathered 6 inventions of Hungarian people which you probably didn’t know come from Hungary.
- Rubik’s cube
Erno Rubik was an architecture professor and also a sculptor who invented one of the most favorite puzzles around the world, a puzzle that still engages the minds of people everywhere. Rubik’s cube is the best-sold toy around the world, a 3D puzzle combination that can be used by children and adults at the same time.
It was invented in 1974 and it’s been making people use their minds for more than 4 decades.
- The ballpoint pen
In the 19th century, people were still writing with pens. For László Bíró this was a burden. He was a journalist and it took him a lot of time to fill the fountain pen and his paper was always soaked in ink. That is why he came up with the idea of using ink similar to newspaper ink so that it could dry faster.
Together with his brother György, who was a chemist, they came up with a solution that involved a ball-socket mechanism that made it all possible. So in 1938, they patented it and their invention is now used by millions of people all over the world. From China to the UK, everybody has heard of the ballpoint pen, but few people know that is was a Hungarian who invented it.
- Holography
We can say that holography is one of the most revolutionary inventions of all time. Some scientists studying the mind and quantum physics have developed a theory saying that the whole world is just a holographic image produced by the brain. Fascinating, right?