exciting experiments and new technologies to come. The impact of the technologies in this time affected the time period, the world, and even the life of people today. The impact of all these technologies in the 1970’s was tremendous. Before the invention of the pocket calculator, people either needed access to an…
The invention of gunpowder was drastic and life altering discovery. Gunpowder was discovered in Ancient China in the 9th Century during the Han dynasty, by an alchemist named Wei Boyang (A&E). Boyang was one of the many alchemists hired by the government to create an exlir that would satisfy the emperor’s search for immortality. Through his research he accidentally came across gunpowder. The alchemists “experimented with the Sulphur, common charcoal, and saltpeter heating the substances in order…
The great inventor Thomas Alva Edison is credited for the creation of the phonograph, the movie camera, and one of the most useful and life altering inventions that sparked the innovation of the technology used to this day. There is no doubt that Edison was brilliant and excelled at what he did. However, there is one major misconception that is associated with him, and that is he is the sole inventor of the light bulb. From a young age, people are taught that everything from the idea to the…
In the world, there are many great ideas that become superb inventions. One excellent invention, that is valuable and influential in our daily lives, is cereal, more so to busy people. This invention goes way back in history all the way to 1863 when it was invented by a man named James Caleb Jackson. The inventor originally poured a small amount of granola into a bowl with a splash of milk, and left it overnight and that's how we have cereal today! Cereal was originally invented to help cure…
During the Industrial Revolution, there were many new life changing inventions created such as the threshing machine, the seed drill and many other great inventions. If I were to make a invention of my own, I would create the Smart Chip. This chip would be invented in the state of California where it would also be first tested. This invention would be created so that us humans will practically have a smartphone implanted in our brain. So, if we ever would need to research something or even call…
Samuel morse changed that as his invention was able to send a message within 10 minutes. Morse had changed the world. He spent all of his time creating and fixing the code and improving the wires(Alter 25).…
The University of Hertfordshire is committed to equipping students with the attributes they need to be successful (University of Hertfordshire, 2016). I will be focusing on creativity as an aspect of professionalism, employability and enterprise. I have chosen creativity, as I believe it allows businesses to stay competitive and is the key way for business to develop, due to it enabling the production of new products to meet the ever increasing wants and needs of consumers across the globe.…
The telephone was first created just to teach deaf students how to visualize sounds. Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone for a specific reason, and ever since the telephone was created it has been a very important object to society and has evolved throughout the course of history. Society did not think that transmitting speech electrically was possible until Alexander Graham Bell created the first working telephone. Alexander Graham Bell invented the original telephone with his…
Few inventions have changed everyday life as much as the sewing machine. The sewing machine was an innovation on a personal and universal level. The creation process of the sewing machine was the work of several men over a number of years however Elias Howe is ultimately considered the inventor of the sewing machine. Elias Howe was born on July 9, 1819 in Spencer, Massachusetts. Howe spent his childhood and early adult years in Massachusetts where he apprenticed in a textile factory beginning…
Gum!! I would have to say that gum is the single most awesome invention in the world. I say this mainly because I would have never thought that something could be made to where it was edible; that could start as a solid piece of perfection, and then gradually transform its self into a stretchy, balloon blowing, way too much fun to play with when you are done piece of gum. All of this just in a matter of moments after chewing and savoring that juicy flavor of perfection. Though I love me some…