Latin America Inventions and Innovations

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  1. 6. Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes co-invented this in 1956.
  2. 7. Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena was an electrical engineer credited with this invention. NASA still uses it today.
  3. 8. Dr. Domingo Liotta was born in Argentina, the son of Italian immigrants. In 1969, he created the first _______ to be successfully transplanted into a human.
Down
  1. 1. Born in Perú, Claudio Castillón Lévano designed this to improve the care of high risk newborns.
  2. 2. László József Biró, Argentinian by naturalization and Hungarian by birth, was a journalist and inventor. He designed this with oil-based ink and a tungsten ball that allowed the ink to roll smoothly on to paper.
  3. 3. Victor Ochoa patented this in 1907. It uses magnetic attraction to make it easier for trains to slow down.
  4. 4. The annoying online access code format used to prevent spam was invented by Guatemala-born doctor Luis Von Ahn.
  5. 5. Hércules Florence, a French-Brazilian inventor, is considered one of the pioneers of this.