The Cold War: How the Icy Rivalry Gave Us Fiery Technology
Throughout history, we have experienced many technological influences, inventions, and innovations, many of which have changed the world and how we live in it. Our modern era depends on new, cutting-edge technology, but few look back to the origin. Some people believe that war brings new technology, since war motivates. Whether in the form of a theory, weapon, tool, or all three, the Cold War stands true to this and but this and played a major part in the advancement of our modern technological society by developing instruments for space exploration, bringing the advent of the internet, and upgrading operational capabilities of the computer.
Today we are obsessed with space exploration. Long ago our ancestors have been amazed and inspired by the stars, but the roots of modern space tech started during the Cold War. In fact, the …show more content…
The internet is a global computer network that provides the world with its limitless information. Of course, it has much more than that, such as the ability to communicate, shop, or playing games on it. This is why the internet is required by different kinds of people everywhere. (“Importance”). “The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network” (“Who”). The internet was invented in the Cold War to help government agencies communicate.
The Internet was invented to help communication, so, communication is a big part. “We talk the internet, we walk internet and we can’t imagine living without the internet. A study has shown that 40% of world population is connected to this web” (Khan). the internet has become helpful for communication as it allowed people to send instant messages instead of letters that took days to arrive or having to have a phone and dial random numbers
Throughout history, we have experienced many technological influences, inventions, and innovations, many of which have changed the world and how we live in it. Our modern era depends on new, cutting-edge technology, but few look back to the origin. Some people believe that war brings new technology, since war motivates. Whether in the form of a theory, weapon, tool, or all three, the Cold War stands true to this and but this and played a major part in the advancement of our modern technological society by developing instruments for space exploration, bringing the advent of the internet, and upgrading operational capabilities of the computer.
Today we are obsessed with space exploration. Long ago our ancestors have been amazed and inspired by the stars, but the roots of modern space tech started during the Cold War. In fact, the …show more content…
The internet is a global computer network that provides the world with its limitless information. Of course, it has much more than that, such as the ability to communicate, shop, or playing games on it. This is why the internet is required by different kinds of people everywhere. (“Importance”). “The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network” (“Who”). The internet was invented in the Cold War to help government agencies communicate.
The Internet was invented to help communication, so, communication is a big part. “We talk the internet, we walk internet and we can’t imagine living without the internet. A study has shown that 40% of world population is connected to this web” (Khan). the internet has become helpful for communication as it allowed people to send instant messages instead of letters that took days to arrive or having to have a phone and dial random numbers