...Renaissance was a period of time from the 14th to the 17th century. It was considered a time of rebirth. The reason it was considered as the rebirth was because it introduced many new artists/inventors. The renaissance period was the most eventful time period in european history. It started in Italy and spread throughout europe, making it the beginning of the early modern age. It wasn't just a time period of art. It was considered to be a beginning of a whole new future. The inventors during this period, presented bits and pieces of ideas for what people have today. The interesting fact about the whole renaissance period is that most of the artist had an extraordinary understanding of future inventions with little or no previous knowledge of modern technology and how it worked....
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...Hum 111 Abstract Ancient Chinese Contributions. (1) Identify eight to ten of these useful inventions or contributions. (2) Nominate four that you believe are the most ingenious or innovative. (3) Explain why you believe these four inventions or contributions are the most useful inventions or contributions from the ancient Chinese. (4) Identify one invention or contribution that you cannot live without and explain why. The Ancient Chinese Contributions (1) Gunpowder One of the inventions created by Ancient China gunpowder as early first century and was used at that time to make medicine for perpetual rejuvenation. Black gunpowder was not invented till the end of the ninth century and was first used to make fireworks, and later the lighting of fireworks became a Chinese tradition to celebrate festivals. The gunpowder was used in weapons at the end of the 10th Century, when firearms such as exploding arrows heads, flintlock rifles and cannon became available on a large scale. During the 18th century when Western powers invaded China, the Chinese troops were still using flintlock rifles and cannons. At the end of the 14th century a Chinese named Wan Hu fitted a chair with 47 prototype self-made rockets and held a large kite in his hands. His plan was to fly into space and then float back down to the Earth using the kite. The rockets ended up exploding and killing Wan Hu but in his honor In the 1970s, the International Astronomical Union named a lunar crater after...
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...Technology is scientific developments that aid in problem solving and extend human capabilities. Its purpose is to help mankind, but often it has a negative effect. Guns were developed as a tool to protect oneself by killing the enemy. However, they?re often used for murder and on innocent people. Many more people die from the gun than are protected by it. Is the gun something that is harming the human race? Many argue that it is ?people who kill people?, not guns. Even if there weren?t guns, people would kill each other with different means. Although, the invention of something decidedly a weapon cannot be viewed as positive. Leaps and bounds have been made in the medicinal area of technology. Inventions of differing medicines and drugs have promoted the health of millions of people and even saved many of our lives. We no longer fear that influenza will be the death of us, nor any epidemics like the bubonic plague. This does not include third-world countries, which have been neglected and left behind. Not to mention that not all drugs turned out to be good. Many have horrible side effects and have been labeled ?bad? such as marijuana, cocaine, and LSD. Thousands of people are hooked to the stuff in ever downward-spiraling addictions. The internet is a wonderful communication network that connects the world and gives anyone access to billions of faucets of information anytime! With no effort at all you can talk to someone on the other side of the globe or buy something quite...
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...The Beneficial Invention Chavelis Nunez ENGPROF/01 January 19, 2014 Dr. Daniel Gonzalez The Beneficial Invention Technology has changed the way we communicate with one another over the last two decades. As we have seen with the evolution of the cellphone and other technology it is always changing. Since technology is ever changing the next great beneficial invention that would be most beneficial to society would be 3D printed earphones. In a society that is constantly immersed in the technology offered to us, headphones and earphones have become beneficial to the way we do things on a day to day basis. Living in New York affords me the chance to take the transit system on a daily basis which allows me to see how immersed we have become with the ever changing technology, including myself. People always have headphones or earphones in their ears either listening to music, watching movies, or talking on the phone. One thing that I’m sure bothers people constantly about this technology especially earphones is that it is constantly falling out of your ears. I recently had the chance to work in a company that has branched into using this technology to offer people the chance to make custom made 3D printed earphones. The inventor of the Normal 3D customized earphone Nikki Kaufman looked into what was being done in terms of this technology and found out that nothing was currently being done in the market. In order to make custom made earphones a person would have to visit...
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...Assess the importance of the technology for the course and outcome of the First World War World War I was the first military conflict in the history of the world in which the technology played the role of such importance. Since the industrial revolution the technology had been constantly developing with a spectacular rate. In that time many ground-breaking tools and devices were invented such as steam engine, telegraph, usage of electricity or telephone. Besides these inventions that were used to improve the every-day life, there were also many others that were used in the World War I. To this group belong machine guns, barbed wire, tanks, dreadnoughts, submarines or mines. The usage of the technology had a big impact on the proceedings and the result of the World War I, because they virtually represented the power of each side participating in the conflict, influenced the morals of both soldiers and civilians and, what is vital, played a big role in the most important events of the War such as the creation and the breach of the stalemate on the West, the naval warfare, or Gallipoli campaign. Machine guns and barbed wire were very important for the course of the War due to the fact that they were part and parcel of the trenches, which were the direct cause of the failure of the Schlieffen Plan. The trenches formed a line from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France. That closed the door on free proceedings on the Western front, because barbed wire and machine guns...
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...I am from the year 2012, this letter is meant to inform you about the wonders of electronic mail! Not far from the time you live in now there will be great advances in technology. A man named Thomas Edison was the father of modern home electrical devices. The light bulb was among the first. You may see strange bottled light on street corners or perhaps in local homes or public buildings. These tiny wonders are a marvel of modern technology for your time. In my time we send voices, photographs, and motion pictures across the ethers. This may sound like sorcery to you but allow me to explain our world as it is in the 21st century. Not long after the lightbulb was invented, man took flight. The Wright brothers invention of the first airplane brought global travel to the forefront. As global travel became more and more modern so did communication starting with the telegraph, which you may already have. The telegraph lead to the invention of the telephone which transmits voice over copper wire to a switch board where an operator would patch your signal through to the person you were trying to reach. Some years later the telephone will advance farther and they will no longer need the copper wire attached to the mouth piece, into which you speak. The cellular telephone or “cellphone” was a marvel of modern technology. Most people today practically live on them! Cell phones are small electronic devices that send and receive signals completely wirelessly using radio and ether waves. ...
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...| The Chinese have contributed innovative ideas that continue to help shape technology worldwide. | Ancient Chinese Contributions It was 1271 when an Italian merchant, by the name of Marco Polo, visited China during the Song Dynasty. There Marco Polo found a place like none other in Western Europe. China was far more technologically advanced and here were some of the most important and far-reaching contributions of the Chinese. “The Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques”, compiled by Zeng Goliang in 1044, it states that gunpowder was made of a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur. Since Zeng describes three different gunpowder mixtures, we can assume that gunpowder was created sometime earlier. It is also stated by Zeng that the Chinese used it for signal flares and fireworks before even trying it with military uses in grenades. The compass is another great invention of the Chinese. Originally, these were created to point to true south, not north, because south is considered their cardinal direction. In 400 B.C. the earliest compasses were made out of lodestone. Lodestone is a type of magnetic iron ore, that when struck by lightning, it becomes magnetized. Very few people have given us as much joy and sorrow as alcohol. You can relate ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, beer, wine, and liquor to the Chinese. By early 300 B.C., the Chinese had figured out how to refine food products like vinegar and...
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...These four civilizations affected the world in many ways. In fact, some of their inventions are so great, they are still used and practiced these days, like written laws and languages from Mesopotamia, enormous buildings from Egypt, Buddhism and the number system from India, and finally, most of the inventions from China. Thanks to them, we can have thThe Contributions to the World The four ancient River Valley Civilizations influenced the future civilizations with their wonderful inventions and technologies. The River Valley Civilizations were Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China. Mesopotamia had a written language, Egypt built the pyramids, India had medical advancements, and China had a philosophy called Confucianism. Their inventions were...
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...Hello and good morning ladies and gentlemen, honorable judges, worthy opponents, and our wonderful teacher. First, I would like to say thank you to side opposition for your wonderful speech. As the second speaker for side affirmative, I will begin by refuting and deconstructing some of the arguments put forth by side opposition, and then I will continue with the affirmative case. As side opposition has said that we should help starving and homeless people by ending the funds towards space research, and yes, there are issues that do plague us as a race. There is poverty and injustice in the world. While these issues exist and should certainly not be ignored, the funds put forth to space exploration have a major impact and are no less of a priority. Remember, our goal here is to create a balance, not completely give...
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...The computer is the most wonderful gift of science to the modern man. The computer can do all the works of man. Thus, after the invention of computer, the gap between man and machine has been bridged up. The dictionary meaning of the word "Computer" is an electronic calculating machine. It is derived from the word compute which means to reckon. But the function of the computer has expanded beyond the act of reckoning. Though a machine, it contains and provides innumerable information's and artificial intelligence of a very high order. It may seem strange, but it is true that the memory and intelligence of a computer can surpass those of a living human being. The mechanism of the computer is very simple. Information processing is the essence of computing. It is a data based machine. The data is fed into the machine. The machine is manipulated and then the due information is retrieved. Computer was invented due to the pressures of World War-II which witnessed the use of such sophisticated weapons as night bombers, submarines, and long range guns on ships and tanks, etc. The defenders have to fight back by shooting at targets and those targets of the enemy can be located by radar. Radar can inform not only about the location of the enemy but also about the direction and the speed of the enemy weapons. Detailed mathematical calculations are necessary to find out these things accurately. Firing tables are required by the front line soldiers. Thus the necessity of calculations...
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...Ask yourself, “How would I survive without technology?” What would you do when you got bored? Is technology something you are willing to give up? “A recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows cellphones are an essential part of 83 percent of Americans' lives, used to retrieve information immediately, to relieve boredom or to help in emergencies” (Chansanchai). One might argue, who wouldn’t want to have technology in their lives? It’s wonderful and enables us to keep thinking and creating. But, has it come to a point where we rely on it? The electronics that we have is an amazing invention. It allows us to receive information at the touch of a fingertip. We use it to stay connected to the world by sharing thoughts,...
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...WHEELS: THE CAR AS A CULTURAL DRIVING FORCE -PIERRE BURTON. Pierre Burton, in this essay talks about the evolution of the Car, and how we as a society have evolved along with it over the years. He addresses the various changes in our private and social lives which the car brought about. The main thesis of this essay can be said to be the relation between the Cars and the society, how the evolution of the car over the years has impacted it and to what extent it has changed. The first car to be manufactured and sold was built by a German, Karl Benz, in 1888, called the Benz Patent Motorwagen.1 There was no looking back now. Within two decades, an American by the name of Henry Ford built one of the most successful cars of that era. This was the Ford Model-T. This was closely followed by Ford’s concept of mass production and the moving assembly line in 1914.2 This was now the beginning of the creation of a middle class. The people could now afford the luxury of owning a car of their own and being able to go places whenever they felt the urge to do so, at their own comfort and without much planning ahead. Cars could cover greater distance in a shorter amount of time, could go longer and harder than horses. There was an immediate surge in related industries, such as glass, tires, mechanics etc. This also led to rapid expansion of the cities and the creation of the suburbs. There was a noticeable impact on the country’s infrastructure. Motor vehicles and paved roads had narrowed...
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...As the world rapidly moves to technological dependency and ICT has become an integral part of most of our daily lives, we are now seeing and experiencing all the inventions that we thought would only exist in cartoons. We have robot pets that have been mass produced, robots that can play table tennis, onboard GPS navigation devices for our cars and we even have cars that can convert to boats but as we have seen in the past, great inventions can be used in a destructive way or have ill-effects. This essay will describe some problems associated with AI and robots and describe some ethical issues associated with the use of this technology. The origin of artificial intelligence and robots can be found way back in Greek times because although they didn`t have the resources to develop the machines we see today they already had ideas of objects that could act like humans and be autonomous. In their literature there are traces of intelligent artifacts and traces of how mechanical devices were created to act with a limited degree of intelligence. Since AI is rooted in logic it can be said that Aristotle was the first to contribute to AI because he created syllogistic logic which is the first type of system that was designed to help with reasoning. But the first actual AI program was done by John McCarthy who in fact coined the term “Artificial Intelligence”. He and his students created the first computer programs that were able to solve logic problems. Today AI can be seen in everything...
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...was officially introduced to the world on August 6, 1991 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. The World Wide Web refers to a system of resources that will facilitate individuals using computer to view and interact with different type of information. The concept of the World Wide Web is to combine the methods of computer networking into a dominant and easy to utilize worldwide information system. Tim Berners-Lee formally introduced his project to the world on the hypertext newsgroup. In his own words from a post he said “aims to allow links to be made to any information anywhere”. It linked between different documents using the hypertext method. He made available all of the files necessary for people to replicate his invention. Although invented many years earlier Mr. Berners-Lee’s invention married hypertext with the internet. World Wide Web and Internet-Not The Same Thing The World Wide Web and the Internet are terms that to most people mean the same thing. While they’re related, their definitions are different. The Internet is the structure on which the World Wide Web is based which is at its most basic definition an electronic communications network. The World Wide Web is a part of the Internet “designed to allow easier navigation through the use of graphical user interfaces and hypertext links between different addresses” (source: Websters). As stated before the World Wide Web was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and continues to change and expand rapidly. The Web is the user...
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...employees will be permanently available for consultation or discussion, even when the employee is on vacation. When cell phones were first introduced, there was a lot of discussion about cell phone etiquette, but these days, most people seem to ignore that advice. People talk loudly on their phone in public spaces, and they take phone calls while in the middle of conversations with others. People answer their phones in movie theaters and conference presentations. Cell phones are a wonderful technology that adds to safety and the feeling of connectedness. They have become essential for business and personal use. Also, technology has helped improve productivity at work by allowing manufacturers to produce more in less time using less manpower. Many simple tasks that workers used to do are now done by robots. For example, the robotic arm seen on a modern garbage truck enables the trash collection process to be done by one man. Although it may sound like a good thing, it has disadvantages too. Technology creates unemployment because of the fact that machines are cheaper to maintain than...
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