Canada Post Honors Four Inventions

Canada Post has a new series of four stamps that will honor Canadian inventions. The following inventions will get their portrait rendered on a stamp, and yes that means the following things are Canadian inventions  (Photo Courtesy Canada Post):

• Cardiac Pacemaker - In 1950, while studying hypothermia, Dr. John Hopps developed the world's first cardiac pacemaker.
• BlackBerry Smartphone - In 1999, Research in Motion (RIM) founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie introduced the BlackBerry.
• Electric Wheelchair - George J. Klein invented the electric wheelchair, and also the microsurgical staple gun.
• Electric Oven - In 1892, Thomas Ahearn invented the first electric oven. The original model was made of brick, six feet wide by six feet high.

• Canada Post Honors Canadian Inventions
• CBC News Article
• Made In Canada
• History of Mail