The refrigerator, the camera, and the cell phone are all well-known inventions from the 20th century that had a big impact the modern world; however, inventions overlooked might have made a much larger influence. Nuclear power, automobiles, and penicillin are three overlooked inventions that impacted the world then and today. Nuclear power impacted today in many ways including exploration on Mars, Pearl Harbor, and the destruction of habitats. The modern world has also been impacted by automobiles
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transmit battle strategies directly to the front line. Railroads allowed them to send huge amounts of supplies to the military. Both of these state-of-the-art creations made supplying the troops more productive and less complicated. These influential innovations changed the course of the war. However, the more important technology advances belonged somewhere else- on the battlefield. New technology was springing forth everywhere, including the front lines. Inventors like Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling
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share some of the same genes, which most commonly represent the inheritance of all living things on earth (441). However, Calfee affirms that human genes can be patented in such a way that does not occur naturally (444).Suggesting that this improves innovation because it requires more physical work to be able to send DNA to the patenting office in order to meet their requirements and find a common
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Innovation - changing or introducing a new idea, a different method, or a fresh product; transformation. Cultural diffusion - spreading those new ideas, different methods, and fresh products from a society to another one; dispersion. Civilization - a group of people who merge together culturally, socially, and economically; society. Civilizations develop and advance in a positive or negative way by innovation and cultural diffusion. The Jungle and Fast Food Nation bring light to American innovation
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In today’s world a number of fields use radar to help them observe the world around them, but how was this technology developed, and how does it work? Well as far as its development is concerned there isn’t one true inventor of radar, it’s more like a group of people who worked on the same project around the same time and shared ideas invented radar together yet separately. One thing we do know is that Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell composed the Electromagnetic Field theory, which states
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How cool do you think it would be to make your own invention? Well, back in Ancient China they made their own inventions and they have quite an influence on our lives. Their inventions have been impacting the world from their time and it would be pretty cool if they still impact the world for later centuries. Some inventions they made are printing press, the compass, gunpowder, the kite, and the Silk Road, but the one that has the most influence on us today is paper. Their other inventions have
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A beautiful women, named Hedy Lamar made an invention that has changed how people live today. According to many people she was one of the most gorgeous women that they've ever seen. Also she's a very bright women that had many ideas. A lot of people in the world are so thankful for her because she is the one who invented one of the best inventions ever, Wifi! If it wasn't for her people would be losing there minds, without wifi. I think that Wifi is probably the best invention ever, and I bet
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The 1970s were one of the most innovative decades of all time. One item that was invented was the Rubik’s Cube. President Richard M. Nixon was the first president to resign from office. Lastly, the music industry was on top of entertainment in the 1970s. The 70s had a lot of inventions, events, and songs. The Rubik’s Cube was invented in 1974 by Ernö Rubik. It is a three dimensional cube with over 43 quintillion different combinations. The first person to solve it was the inventor himself. It took
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In this chapter of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, he talks about how Eurasians invented firearms and steel equipment instead of the Sub –Saharan Africans. Diamond also talks about how most inventions that were made took a long time until it became widespread and popular. His opinion is that inventions are only made because something in the society isn’t “clicking”. Diamond talks about how an invention is made and after it is made, the inventor actually has to find a purpose for it, and
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came from China. Throughout history, emperors inspired the development of science and technology, and for centuries China led others into these areas. The world is forever in debt to China for its inventions and ideas. Some of the most important innovations were paper, gunpowder, and silk. The first important invention from China is paper. In Document 2, it shows how important paper was to China. Obviously writing on pure wood is a lot harder than writing on paper. It also takes a lot more wood (obviously)
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