Truck Mounted Revolving Concrete Drum Mixer, revolutionized the concrete industry. By Stephan Stepanian. #ArmenianInventions 2/17
Patent for the invention of blow-dryer or hair dryer. By Gabriel Kazanjian. #ArmenianInventions 3/17
Invention of the security green color ink used in USD currency. By Kristafor Ter-Serobyanan. #ArmenianInventions 4/17
Invented the ATM, owns more than 200 patents, including in the field of photography (for example self-posing portrait camera). By Luther George Simijian. #ArmenianInventions 5/17
Cofathered the positron emission tomography (PET), the first functional brain imaging technology. By Michel M. Ter-Pogossian. #ArmenianInventions 6/17
Invention of the first MR (Magnetic Resonance) Scanning Machine. (RMI) By Raymond Vahan Damadian. #ArmenianInventions 7/17
Developement of the first licensed vaccine against rotavirus (which is the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants). By Dr Albert Kapikyan. #ArmenianInventions 8/17
Pioneering of plastic surgery. During the First World War Dr. he used his skills as a prosthetic dentist to reconstruct the faces of thousands of soldiers disfigured. By Varazdat Kazanjyan. #ArmenianInventions 9/17
The US anti-aircraft gun mount and recoil, WWII. By Rupen Eksergian. #ArmenianInventions 10/17
Invention of A-14 oxygen mask used in WWII by US Army and air force. By Arthur Bulbulian. #ArmenianInventions 11/17
Foundation of the principles of black-and-white and color television, the first VCR. By Hovhannes Adamyan. #ArmenianInventions 12/17
Armenia is one of the most ancient place-names on Earth.
One of the most ancient maps, attributed to the 6th century BC Babylonians. Includes the land of Urartu, which was the Babylonian word for what the ancient Persians referred to as Armina. #DiscoverArmenianCulture 1/
Did you know that Armenian merchants brought opened the first coffee houses in Europe? Est. 1685 by Hovhannes Astvatsatur. #DiscoverArmenianCulture 2/