He brought the secret military microwave

The telescope's focal BICEP2 plans consists of 512 superconducting microwave detectors, Developed and produced at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The telescope's focal BICEP2 plans consists of 512 superconducting microwave detectors, Developed and produced at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Sometimes, it happens that technological advances in one area can have far greater value than those projected. These advances could change the world and maybe help solving larger problems. One such case, dating from World War II, marks the 75th anniversary this year.

Microwave ovens used almost all over the world but few know that one of the important part of it has been the military secret.

Situation in Europe 1940 elections was desperate. The Germans were preparing to invade Britain while their submarines hit US supplies.

September of that year, an important delegation of British scientists traveled to the US for help in implementing some secret discoveries, like electric lamps that can create microwave radiation, and which serve to build better radar.

Larry Schuette works for the US Office of Naval Research.

"The advantage of microwave radar, which allowed us to use prabolike antennas, radar radically changed from the low frequencies to the higher ones."

Hollow tube called a magnetron radars made to distinguish between aircraft and submarines enabling changing military situation.

While the war was changing course, magnetron changed the ways of cooking in the kitchen around the world today bringing microwave.

A group of military and civilian scientists from Britain, America and Canada recently gathered in Washington to commemorate the secret mission that brought the United States. They reaffirmed the commitment to cooperate in the search for new technologies that can be applied in everyday life. Admiral Mathias Winter is Head of Military Naval Research.

"We are doing research in areas of high power, density and other fields not only weapons but also for energy storage or use in ships and land facilities."

Perhaps, one of these discoveries will change the course of global warming in the same way as magnetron brought changing the course of World War II.