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Welcome to Invention, a production of IHeart Radio.

Hey, welcome to Invention. My name's Robert Lamb.

And I'm Joe McCormick, and we're back with part two of our exploration of the invention of microwaves.

Now, in the last episode, we got you through the 1970s or so when the microwave, of course, had actually been invented.

It was invented by Percy Spencer, working for Raytheon in the 1940s, sort of invented by accident.

He was working on some radar microwave methods, but in fact, he ended up accidentally creating the radar range, which cooks food with microwave radiation.

Exactly.

Yeah, he basically was working on some radar equipment and was like, oh, my candy bar has melted.

Something has cooked it in my pocket.

And, you know, some tinkering and some experimentation led to the birth of the microwave oven.

The technology at first, you know, people were a little hesitant.

It was expensive.

It was bulky.

There are some confusion over what this radiation, you know, aspect of it might consist of.

But over time, and especially through some, you know, relentless marketing, they were

able to win people over.

And that's why today you will find a microwave oven just about everywhere in your

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