Cordless battery drill (Black & Decker)
Taladro inalámbrico de baterías (Black & Decker)
- Date
- 1961 · confidence high
- Place
- Towson, Maryland, United States
- Credited to
- Black & Decker
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A drill with rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries in the handle, with no mains cord. Black & Decker introduced it in 1961 and later developed it for the Apollo programme, with tools for drilling the lunar surface.
What it led to
- work on site without sockets or cords
- today's lithium-ion drivers and drills
- special tools for the lunar missions