Editing 1950 in science (section)

==Technology==
* October 11 – A [[field-sequential color system]] developed by [[Hungarian American]] engineer Dr. [[Peter Carl Goldmark|Peter Goldmark]] becomes the first [[color television]] system to be adopted for commercial use (by [[CBS]] in the United States), but is abandoned a year later.<ref>{{cite news|title=C.B.S. Color Video Starts Nov. 20; Adapters Needed by Present Sets|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=1950-10-12|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States 1920–1960|first=Hugh Richard|last=Slotten|publisher=JHU Press|year=2000|isbn=978-0-8018-6450-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZLQ9R5GKfsC&q=%22Field+sequential+color+system%22&pg=PR11}}</ref>
* [[Canadians]] [[Harry Wasylyk]], Larry Hansen and Frank Plomp introduce the plastic [[bin bag]] for [[Waste|garbage]] collection.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[CBC Television]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/inventions/inventions.html?inventionID=21 |title=The Greatest Canadian Invention |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030012347/http://www.cbc.ca/inventions/inventions.html?inventionID=21 |archivedate=October 30, 2010 }}</ref>
* First practical [[pager]], developed and manufactured by the Reevesound Company, is introduced for [[physician]]s in the [[New York City]] area.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyEDAAAAMBAJ&q=popular+science+1950+can+our+jets+support&pg=PA104|title=Pocket Radio Pages Doctors Night Or Day |journal=[[Popular Science]] |date=January 1951}}</ref>