microchip, and the 1970s chips could hold thousands of mini transistors. Friedman emphasizes, “Miniaturization allowed for cellular telephones, handheld computing and communications devices, and other powerful tiny machines” (395). -Technology was modernizing and creating possibilities that did not exist before. -The finance sector was impacted the most by new inventions, which allowed international finance transactions to occur at a more rapid pace than ever seen before. Money could be…
Historically, armed forces adapt tactics and invent new defensive and offensive equipment as a response to adversaries’ technology. The invention of the airplane illustrates this type of advance. Military forces responded to the airplane’s ability to conduct reconnaissance, bomb targets, attack air and ground targets, and perform sustainment operations by developing air defense technology. In World War I, the United States conducted air defense operations using three-inch anti-aircraft guns.…
Staying with my choice of entrepreneurial venture mentioned in discussion 1 of this week - the agro-industrial venture in Africa - I will use my organization to illustrate how I would go about building a creative and high performance culture, using the CREATIVE model. First, the mission of our organization is to “help fight hunger and malnutrition in Africa by demonstrating improved farming practices, and encouraging young people to become agro-industrial entrepreneurs.” We have set up an…
In today’s world, we are so wrapped up with what is on our phones or devices that we often don’t focus on the world around us. Go to any restaurant and you will see couples not even talking to each other, but rather sitting there being alone together. They’ll sit in silence, not even exchanging words or glances until the food comes to the table or something else happens that sparks conversation. What is it about our phones that we are so enamored by? Perhaps it’s social media or messaging others…
high school and both were interested in electronic. Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were look as outsider by the people. Bothe Jobs and Wozniah drop college to go to work. Apple started as a wood box with a keyboard that was soon to be the greatest invention…
Explosion”). All of them share some basic features, like the ability to connect with other people near and far, which have greatly benefited many people 's lives and have made it far easier to communicate, connect, and retain ties with others. With the invention of social networking sites, the ability to communicate between people has expanded greatly. People from all over the world can now quickly chat with one another, forming an expansive web of connections between them all.…
Starting at the end of WWII, the rate of technological advancement increased exponentially. The invention long range missiles, nuclear reactors, and rockets capable of space travel prompted the development of a newly emerging technology; electronic computation and communication. Near the end of WWII, british scientist Alan Turing created one of the first…
Nikola Tesla was a very eccentric, inventive, and psychopathic scientist. But his mind was always full of ideas and theories that would drastically improve the way of life. He gifted us with the luxury of the Wardenclyffe, also known as the Tesla Coil; it is still used in radio technology to this day. In addition to inventing the Tesla coil he discovered alternating currents and terrestrial stationary waves. Unlike other scientists, Tesla had the belief that science should be free to everyone.…
The early invention of headphones was, “…used by telephone operators.” In 1910, Nathaniel Baldwin, a famous inventor, began to use his kitchen items to create some type of headset for the U.S. Marines. As decades passed, the size of the headphones increased. By 1958, John C. Koss had…
Facebook, the Change of Modern Evolution Currently many people are using networking sites to connect with people. The most popular one is social network because many people are taking this network as an advantage to connect with friends that they have not met in a long time. An example of a popular social networking site is Facebook. This social network is a growing trend because it has created a different world for its users. Facebook members find this is as an easy hub to connect with…