Diffusion of innovations

As technology has evolved vastly over the centuries with the industrial revolution taking place and introducing the use of more machinery being integrated with human skills, efficiency has improved. There is the school of thought, which says that the human mind is eventually going to be taken over by technology, as humans have become more reliant on machinery and technology and have refused to grow the human intellect given to us. There can also be a school of thought that would assume that…

In a chaotic and dynamic world of commercial, innovation plays a big role; companies innovate in order to create new products or services with preeminent features. Every innovation comes from creativity; this is the process of combination ideas in an exclusive ways and then it results in useful and distinctive products or specific work techniques, which is called as the innovation. The innovation is a search of new ideas beyond the company’s boundaries and allows these ideas easily assign…

Transhumanism Transhumanism is when technology is involved in enhancing human life. Technology is a growing business in this century. The advancements have been major assets to human beings. The contributions of transhumanism include artificial hearts and exoskeleton technology. Every day a new invention of transhumanism is being processed to help make human life either better or easier. Humans should participate in the idea of transhumanism…

Inventions Throughout the discovery of electricity, the light bulb, and even the first airplane have all been important inventions to the world. When thinking about inventions they use curiosity, motivation, and creativity. Though what makes an invention is chance and necessity, they may happen by chance or on accident. In other cases, people may need an invention to solve a problem. When thinking about chance and necessity, they both play a huge role in the development of inventions. Chance is…

mechanized. Incomes increased with the mechanization of farming equipment, new innovations, new methods, and new knowledge. There were thousands of new innovations, but barbed wire, plows, tractors were a few of the most significant. Barbed wire was a cheap fencing type, that allowed farmers to keep livestock out of their crops. Plows that were now made with iron, made planting easier in varying soil conditions. The innovation that changed the farmers’ life the most was the tractor.…

point in Northeast Asia to Southern South America, having the exclusive distinction in the archeological record of the most extensive scope of any artifact type since the hand ax. This artifact traces evidence of an unparalleled rapid migration or diffusion pattern into the…

This visual essay focuses on how conflict has continually shaped design throughout history. This essay is divided into two sections to show the contrasts and similarities between our medieval history and our modern history, looking at our innovation and how we deal with the aftermath. Different periods of time led us to have different limitations and different levels of technology, we can see how our far ancestors adapted to conflict in a different way how we do today. However, we still hold…

Do you ever think about how different our lives would be if technology was never invented? At age 31, Bill Gates became the youngest billionaire ever at the time, having a networth of $12.9 billion. The 1970’s was a very popular time for new upcomings and new technologies. Bill Gates starting Microsoft, the beginning of VCR’s, Tom Persky inventing the floppy disk, and the pocket calculator was just the beginning of the new technologies to come. Technology in the 1970’s was just the beginning to…

“What makes a great idea great?”(page# author). Throughout Steven J. Paley’s novel The Art of Invention, Paley answers this question and many more as he vividly illustrates how great inventions contain three essential characteristics: simplicity, elegance and robustness. This book, written for the aspiring inventor, describes how inventing is a creative act, and offers detailed guidance on how to refine your own creativity and vision. Paley uses his experiences as well as real-world examples to…

Nikola Tesla In the time of the Progressive Era there were many people making many different contributions to society. These contributions helped to make life easier, safer, and better for those living in America at the time. One of these people to help was Nikola Tesla, who created many different inventions including alternating current systems. Nikola Tesla achieved many great things in his life through preparation and the push of his motivation. Motivation Nikola Tesla had to have a reason…