20Th Century Inventions

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    The Development of Mass Media in the 20th Century

    What was the major development in evolution of mass media in the 20th century The mass media included television, radio, newspaper and telephone. Before television, there was morse code, but later the telephone came in to play, people decided that it was much easier than waiting for a telegram. Before the invention of television there was the radio, this was considered the main form of entertainment for a family, the radio contained talk shows and advertisements read over the radio from

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    Nikola Tesla

    Tesla contracted an infection and was bed ridden for 9 months. He asked his father if he got better if he could be an engineer. His father replied that he would send him to the best technical institute in the country. Tesla's interest in electrical invention was likely spurred by his mother, Djuka Mandic. She came from a long line of inventors, and she herself was quite the inventor. She made all sorts of tools for around the house. Tesla's father, Milutin Tesla, was a priest. After studying in the

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    Roots of Blues and Country Music

    Country Music Blues and country music both developed in the 19th century in the Southern United States. They share a similar history. For this reason, they share many of the same musical and lyrical characteristics. The Blues Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created primarily within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century. The roots. Blues finds its roots from spirituals, work songs,

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    Describe a TV presenter Well, there are so many different TV programs on show everyday in diversified channels; hence there are thousands and thousands of TV presenters we can see. Some may leave us a very deep impression while others may not leave a thing in our mind. Here, I’d like to talk about the TV presenter I love, Wu Zongxian, although others may have a mixed feeling about him. Being a TV presenter in Taiwan, Wu started his career in the field of variety shows in the late 1980s, and then

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    Robotics

    perform only a limited number of set tasks, and they do not have minds of their own. In fact, it is often hard to distinguish between devices called robots and other modern automated systems. Although the term robot did not come into use until the 20th century, the idea of mechanical beings is much older. Ancient myths and tales talked about walking statues and other marvels in human and animal form. Such objects were products of the imagination and nothing more, but some of the mechanized figures

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    Chapter 1 Case Study Ppt

    Chapter 1. Introduction to Data Communications Business Data Communications and Networking Fitzgerald and Dennis, 7th Edition Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1 Copyright John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of this work beyond that named in Section 117 of the United States Copyright Act without the express written consent of the copyright owner is unlawful. Requests for further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department

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    Mass Customization

    stage of the operations level to create customized products with production cost and monetary price similar to those of mass-produced products". Just as mass production was crucial to manufacturing in the 20th century, mass customization (MC) will be the key to economic growth in the 21st century. MC is the ability to design and manufacture customized products tailored to meet a customers needs at mass production costs and speed (see Figure 1). While organizations continue to outsource for economical

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    History of Electronic Music

    still changing and evolving today. Electric music can vary from instruments like Theremin, synthesizer, and the keyboard to simple computers. These instruments create/synthesize or manipulate sound. Electric music was first introduced in the mid-20th century by Thaddeaus Cahill. He introduced the Dynamaphone which was an array of dynamos that produced many pitches. This was the first instance of electronic music. While this wasn’t a particular instrument it still proved that pitches could be released

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    Infulence of Media

    foothold on American culture. Lule, J.(2012) stated, “Today, as Internet technology and satellite broadcasting change the way people watch television, the medium continues to evolve, solidifying its position as one of the most important inventions of the 20th century”(p.603). Everything from the ideology of becoming a star to product placement has had an effect on the society. Lately, the pauper to prince dream has swept the nation (nobody to “somebody”) with shows like Jersey Shore, Keeping up with

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    Lotte Reiniger Animation

    Reiniger made over 40 films over her career all using her invention. Lotte Reiniger was born in Berlin Charlottenburg, German Empire on 2 June 1899. She died on 19 June 1981 at the aged 82 years old a t Dettenhausen, West Germany. She active for 61 years from 1918 until 1979. Lotte Reiniger, when mentioned at all

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