Bedbug bait and trap invented by Simon Fraser University scientists

THIS is definitely a scientific breakthrough.

Don't you just love true Canadian invention?

Considering some of the amazing gifts we have given the world, yes The electron microscope probably being one of the biggest based on how much it has advanced scientific study.
Although if this trap is as effective as claimed, it could be a contender for one of the biggest and best considering the global bedbug problem.

What's the saying ..."build a better mousetrap"

Notable Canadian inventions and improvements to existing technologies include:

Computing and Animation

Key frame animation was co-invented by Nestor Burtnyk and Marcelli Wein at the NRC in the 1970s.
Multi-Dynamic Image Technique was invented by Christopher Chapman in 1967.
IMax Movie System was co-invented by Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, and Robert Kerr in 1968.
The trackball was first built for the DATAR computer (although the concept was first mentioned in a similar UK project)
DigiSync a bar-code reader used in motion picture production was invented by Mike Lazaridis (it won Emmy and Academy Awards in 1999)
Java Programming Language [1994, James Arthur Gosling]
CCD Charge Coupled Device co-invented in 1969 by Willard Boyle Nobel Prize


Food and agriculture

Canola was developed from natural rapeseed by NRC personnel in the (1970s).
Marquis wheat was invented by Charles E. Saunders and tested at the Agassiz experimental farm in British Columbia. (~1900)
McIntosh Red apple was developed by John McIntosh. (1811)
An early form of peanut butter was first patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884.
Instant mashed potatoes were invented by Edward Asselbergs in 1962.
Pablum was invented by Canadian doctors Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Alan Brown in 1930.
Canada Dry Ginger Ale was invented by John J. McLaughlin in 1907.
Poutine [1957, Fernand Lachance]
Nanaimo Bar
Butter Tarts
Ginger beef was invented by George Wong in Calgary, Alberta in the 1970s.
Yukon Gold potato was invented by Gary .R. Johnston in 1966.
Bovril originally "Johnston's Fluid Beef" by John Lawson Johnston in 1870.
Bloody Caesar [1969, Walter Chell]


Communication and Technology

BlackBerry [1999, Mike Lazaridis]
The Walkie-Talkie was invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross for military use. (1942)
Radio telephony - Radio Voice Transmission [1900, Reginald Fessenden]
Amplitude modulation was invented by Reginald Fessenden in 1906.
Standard time was introduced by Sir Sandford Fleming (1878).
The Cesium Beam atomic clock was developed by National Research Council personnel in the 1960s.
Development of the BlackBerry was led by Mike Lazaridis.
The pager was invented by Alfred J. Gross in 1949.
The 56k modem was invented by Dr. Brent Townshend in 1996.
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell while visiting his parents in Brantford, Ontario (first patent obtained 1876).
Brunton compass was patented by David W. Brunton in 1894.
Computerized Braille was invented by Roland Galarneau in 1972.
Hot wire barretter was invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1902.
Bi-pin connector was invented by Reginald Fessenden in 1893.
Alkaline Long-Lasting Battery was invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
The rotary vane pump was invented by Charles Barnes and patented in 1874.
Automatic Lubricating Cup was invented by Elijah McCoy in 1872.
Light Bulb [1874, Henry Woodward, Mathew Evans] sold their patent to Thomas Edison in 1875
The first Geostationary Domestic Communications Satellite Anik A in 1972
Black Brant sounding rocket
Explosives Vapour Detector [1985, Lorne Elias]
Electronic Music Synthesizer [1945, Hugh Le Caine]


Transportation and mobility

The first wheelchair accessible bus was invented by Walter Harris Callow, 1947
The separable baggage check was invented by John Michael Lyons in 1882.
The hydrofoil boat was invented by Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin(1908).
The first commercial jetliner to fly in North America was designed by James C. Floyd, the term jetliner being derived from his Avro Jetliner (1949).
The overhead power connection for electric streetcars was invented by John Joseph Wright (1883).
The Canadarm was developed by staff of the SPAR Aerospace [1975, Spar Aerospace/NRC] .
The electrically-controlled variable pitch propeller was invented by Wallace Rupert Turnbull and tested at CFB Borden (1927).
The crash position indicator was invented by personnel of the National Research Council in the 1950s
The Parclo (partial cloverleaf) interchange was developed by planners at the Ontario Department of Highways (20th century)
The Uno motorcycle was invented by Ben Gulak while still a teenager in 2006.
Bixi, a public bicycle sharing system launched in Montreal in 2009.
JACO, a robotic arm for wheelchair invented by Charles Deguire and Louis-Joseph Caron L'�cuyer from Kinova.
Power Knee, a robotic leg device invented by Victhom
TM4 M?TIVE, a lightweight magnet electric motor invented by Pierre Couture in 1982.
The Quasiturbine was invented in 1996.
The Electric wheelchair was invented by George Klein in 1952.
Prosthetic hand was invented by Helmut Lucas in 1971.
Compound steam engine for marine use was invented by Benjamin Franklin Tibbetts in 1842.
Electric car heater was invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1890.
Self-propelled Combine Harvester [1937, Thomas Carroll]
Cunard Shippng Lines was started by Samuel Cunard of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1840.
Marine Screw Propeller [1833, John Patch]
Birchbark Canoe [First Peoples]


Climate

The snow blower was invented by Arthur Sicard (1927).
The steam-powered foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis (1854).
The rotary snowplow for railroads was invented by a Canadian dentist in 1869, and perfected by Orange Jull of Orangeville, Ontario.
The snowmobile was invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1937).


Defence

The first widely used military gas mask was introduced by Cluny MacPherson in 1915.
The G-suit was invented by Wilbur R. Franks in 1941.
The Canadian pipe mine, a land mine used in Britain in World War II
Fathometer an early form of sonar invented by Reginald A. Fessenden in 1919.
ASDIC was invented by Robert William Boyle in 1916.
Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) Royal Canadian Navy 1955
CANTASS towed Sonar array (1980s)
The Beartrap (helicopter landing device) was invented for the Royal Canadian Navy in the early 1960s
The CADPAT was the first "digital" camouflage system, which was then used for the US MARPAT (1996).
U.N. Peacekeeping 1956 Nobel Prize to L.B. Pearson


Sport and entertainment

Table hockey game was invented by Donald Munro (1930s).
The Hockey goalie mask was invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
Five pin bowling was invented by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto in 1909.
Instant Replay was invented for CBC�s Hockey Night in Canada in 1955.
Abdomenizer was invented by Dennis Colonello in 1984.
Trivial Pursuit was invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.
Basketball [1892, James Naismith]
Lacrosse was codified by William George Beers around 1860.


Science and Medicine

Medicinal insulin was invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip (1922)
The first practical electron microscope was built by James Hillier and Arthur Prebus in 1939.
A process to extract Bromine was invented by Herbert Henry Dow in 1890.
Thomas Willson invented a process for producing Calcium Carbide for Acetylene in 1892.
Cardiac pacemaker was invented by John Hopps
CPR Mannequin: "ACTAR 911"� [1989, Dianne Croteau, Richard Brault]
Cobalt-60 "Bomb"� Cancer Treatment [1951, Harold Johns]
WeeVac 6 medical stretcher for transporting babies [1990, Wendy Murphy]
Yeast Artificial Chromosome Nobel Prize to 2009 Jack W. Szostak
Zenon reverse Osmosis bulk water filtration system (2003)


Domestic life

Pablum was invented by Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Allan Brown in 1930.
Easy-Off Oven Cleaner was invented by Herbert McCool in Regina in 1932.
The garbage bag was invented by Harry Wasylyk[1950, Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen, Frank Plomp]
The jolly jumper was invented by Olivia Poole in 1959.
Caesar (cocktail), introduced in Calgary in 1969.
The modern plunged-style Wonderbra was invented by Louise Poirier in 1964.
Electric Oven was invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1882.
WEEVAC 6 was invented by Wendy Murphy.
Egg carton was invented by Joseph Coyle of Smithers, British Columbia in 1911.
Woman's Institute was started in Stoney Creek Ontario by Adelaide Hoodless in 1897.
Retractable Beer Carton Handle [1957, Steve Pasjack]


Tools and manufacturing

A process for distilling Kerosene was invented by Abraham Gesner and made the fuel popular.
A process for making pulped wood paper was invented by Charles Fenerty
The paint roller was invented by Norman James Breakey.
The Zipper [1913, Gideon Sundback]
Robertson Screw, 1908 [Peter Robertson]
Plexiglas was made practical by William Chalmers' invention for creating methyl methacrylate while a graduate student at McGill University in 1931.
UV Degradable Plastics [1971, James Guillet]
Ardox Spiral Nail [1954, Allan Dove]
Caulking gun was invented by Theodore Witte in 1894.

Just a couple ones I see were missed:

Ahh, yes. ... "Quadro Triticale".

It's hard to accumulate a list like this without going googly-eyed and missing something.

There are several profitable, Canadian inventions in my own private work world that are pretty arcane to the public and of a proprietary nature but I could add a good dozen from our end. No doubt, a lot of what is left of Industrial Canada could do the same. One of Canada's strength is the relative intelligence and education of its people. We do not, however, "blow our trumpet" enough.

If you build it, they will come...



...the bedbugs.