![]() ![]() Growing up, Bank had hoped to go to medical school but couldn’t afford it, his family said, and working to improve the quality of hospital services thrilled him in a way that space engineering never did. Among their achievements: contributing to the creation of a private national computer network for pediatricians and the preliminary design of an automated oxygen-enrichment system for premature babies. The program’s accomplishments included development of a bag that increased the shelf life of stored blood and an improved X-ray technique that eliminated multiple exposures.Īfter three years the project was shelved, but Bank brought it back to life after he retired in 1984 and founded Volunteer Professionals for Medical Advancement, a group of retirees with science backgrounds. In the 1970s he headed a joint project involving JPL, Caltech and NASA that worked with Los Angeles-area hospitals to further medical technology. He also supervised the structural design of Explorer 1, the first U.S. His father was also a tailor.Īt UC Berkeley, Bank earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in the 1930s and worked in the aerospace industry during World War II.Īfter joining JPL in 1947, he was part of the company’s first wave of scientists known as “rocket boys.” Bank served as project engineer for the nation’s first two-stage rocket, the first to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in 1950. ![]() 26, 1916, in Vineland, N.J., to Max and Sophie Bank, Russian Jewish immigrants who later moved to Los Angeles and ran a small market in Hollywood. Bank also created a “beach clothes changer” that enveloped the user in terry cloth - and famously failed when a female friend tested it. Ever the inventor, Bank came up with two other water-related contraptions that never progressed beyond the test phase.Īfter overhead casting was banned at a local pier, he devised a spring-loaded fishing pole. So it isn't far fetched to think we could continue doing it, within reason.With the advent of shortboards in 1967, the Pasadena-based Multiboard Co. The community has definitely influenced change in the past. ![]() Instead of just saying X sucks, I thought this would allow people to explain why they thought X sucked and offer a fix. There are plenty of PREMIUM heroes that people think are just bad. I am stating that most times I have seen Gerke and Sleepless brought up, most of the community stated they sucked. I believe it has happened in the past, so why not now?Įdit: Apparently everyone thinks I hate Gerke and Sleepless, so let me clear things up a bit. So How do you fix them? Complete rework? Minor adjustment to current skills? I am sure that if we, as a community, state displeasure with units and offer fixes, also as a community, the devs will listen. No natural 5* L/D hero should ever be thought of as fodder. Is he good at anything? L/D should be chosen based on need or preference. Gerke is great at Aspen, but who cares about Aspen? And Sleepless. It is my belief that NO LIGHT OR DARK HERO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED GARBAGE. These are 2 heroes that are considered by most to be garbage. Just as the title says, How do we fix sub-par premium heroes.Įxample? Gerke/Sleepless. ![]()
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