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The People Behind the Way We Live

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WAY WE LIVE DO YOU KNOW HOW THE INVENTIONS YOU USE EVERY DAY REALLY CAME TO BE? AIR TRAVEL 1903M ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT CONDUCT FIRST SUSTAINED FLIGHT. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH 1927 COMPLETES FIRST SOLO, NONSTOP TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. A MODERN AIRLINER, BOEING 247, FLIES FOR THE FIRST TIME. 1933 1949 1939 WORLD'S FIRST COMMERCIAL GERMANY'S HEINKEL 178 IS THE FIRST JET AIRLINER, THE DH 106 COMET, FULLY JET-PROPELLED AIRCRAFT TO FLY. TAKES ITS FIRST FLIGHT. ..... .... 1957 THE BOEING 707 OFFERS A NEW LEVEL OF COMFORT AND SAFETY. ELECTRICITY 1570 WILLIAM GILBERT COINS THE TERM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN "ELECTRICUS" TO DESCRIBE THE ELECTRIC EFFECT OF AMBER AND MAGNETIC EFFECT OF LODESTONE. COMPLETES HIS FAMOUS "KITE STRING/KEY" 1752 EXPERIMENTS. nUUMUMUMU 1791 LUIGI GALVANI IS ABLE TO GEORG SIMON OHM MAKES THE SHOW ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN MATHEMATIC CONNECTIONS AMONG LIVING TISSUE, INCLUDING CURRENT, VOLTAGE AND RESISTANCE MUSCLE AND NERVE. IN PHYSICS LAW BEARING HIS NAME. 1888 NIKOLA TESLA INVENTS AN AC MOTOR INVENTORS LIKE THOMAS EDISON, J.W. STAR AND JOSEPH SWAN WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY (THOUGH CERTAINLY INDEPENDENTLY) ON PURSUING PATENTS ON LIGHT BULBS AND POLYPHASE POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, REVOLUTIONIZING INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, THAT COULD BE USED IN HOMES AND BUSINESSES. EDISON EVENTUALLY GAINS A HUGE CONSUMER BASE BY ALSO INVENTING A SYSTEM TO RUN HIS TYPE OF LIGHT BULB. INDOOR PLUMBING 1596 SIR JOHN HARRINGTON DEVELOPS THE FIRST FLUSH TOILET, IT WAS NEVER WIDELY ADOPTED BECAUSE IT HAD NO 1775 RUNNING WATER SUPPLY ATTACHED TO IT. ALEXANDER CUMMING INVENTS AN S-SHAPED TRAP THAT USES STANDING WATER (TO SEAL THE OUTLET OF THE BOWL AND KEEPING FOUL AIR FROM ESCAPING) AND 1800's USES A SLIDING VALVE. THOMAS CRAPPER INVENTS A SIPHON SYSTEM FOR EMPTYING THE SEPTIC CISTERN, SOLVING LEAK PROBLEMS COMMON WITH EARLIER SYSTEMS. FOOD PROCESSING 1809 1818 NICOLAS APPERT INVENTS A VACUUM BOTTLING TECHNIQUE THAT HELPS SUPPLY FOOD FOR FRENCH TROOPS. PETER DURAND INTRODUCES THE TIN-PLATED CAN IN THE U.S. 1832 LOUIS PASTEUR DEVELOPS A METHOD JOHN DEERE THAT DRAMATICALLY INVENTS THE STEEL IMPROVES THE SAFETY PLOUGH, ALLOWING FARMERS TO OF FOOD, ALLOWING FOR LONGER PRODUCE MORE PRESERVATION. CROPS. 1871 1892 192O's REFRIGERATION STARTS TO BECOME POPULAR IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR REFRIGERATION PROCESSING. EXPANDS TO HOMES, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO STORE FOODS FOR LONG PERIODS IN THEIR HOMES. COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET 1941 1946 KONRAD ZUSE CREATES THE Z3, THE FIRST FULLY OPERATIONAL THE MASSIVE ENIAC1 IS PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRO- MECHANICAL COMPUTER. UNVEILED; IT TAKES UP ABOUT 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE. JACK KILBY AND ROBERT NOYCE DEVELOP ARPANET, FUNDED THROUGH A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT INITIATIVE, LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR MASSIVE THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT. 1958 NETWORKING, THE FIRST INKLINGS OF THE INTERNET IN THE EARLY. PAVING THE WAY FOR THE MICROPROCESSOR TECHNOLOGY. EARLY 1970's 1960 O J.C.R. LICKLIDER, AN AMERICAN COMPUTER SCIENTIST, PUTS FORTH THE IDEA FOR A NETWORK OF COMPUTERS IN A 1960 RESEARCH PAPER. 1971 KENBAK-1, THE FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER, GOES ON SALE FOR $750. DESIGNED BY JOHN V. BLANKENBAKER, EVENTUALLY ONLY 40 MACHINES ARE 1973 SOLD BEFORE THE COMPANY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. BOB KAHN AND VINT CERF CREATE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) THAT CONTROLS HOW DATA MOVES AROUND THE INTERNET IN 1973. BOTH MEN HAVE BEEN CALLED FATHERS OF THE INTERNET. 1976 STEVE WOZNIAK DEVELOPS THE APPLE I. 1979 ATARI INTRODUCES THE 400 AND 800 COMPUTERS. 1984 TIM BERNERS-LEE PROPOSES A HYPERTEXT SYSTEM THAT WILL RUN ACROSS THE INTERNET ON DIFFERENT APPLE RELEASES THE MACINTOSH, THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL MOUSE-DRIVEN USER INTERFACE. OPERATING SYSTEMS, THIS ESSENTIALLY IS THE WORLD WIDE WEB. 1989 www. THE INTERNET SOCIETY (ISOC) IS LAUNCHED; USE OF WWW BECOMES 1992 HUGELY POPULAR. COMPANIES LIKE NETSCAPE ARE FOUNDED. POTATO CHIPS 1853 NATIONAL CHEF GEORGE CRUM, FRUSTRATED WITH A FUSSY CUSTOMER, FRIES UP THIN STRIPS OF POTATO CHIP MARCH, 14 DAY POTATO; WHAT HE INTENDS SOUR CREAM AS A THUMB IN THE EYE TO A PICKY EATER IS REALLY & ONION AND BARBECUE THE FIRST POTATO CHIP. THE TWO MOST POPULAR FLAVORS IN THE U.S. CHIPS ARE AMERICANS' FAVORITE SNACK FOOD; No.1 WE CONSUME ABOUT 1.2 BILLION POUNDS EACH YEAR AS A NATION CELLPHONES 1971 1973 AT&T SUBMITS A CONCEPT FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATION TO THE FEDERAL MARTIN COOPER MAKES THE FIRST ANALOG MOBILE PHONE CALL USING A BLOCKY HANDSET. COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. 1979 1991 A CELLULAR NETWORK (1G) IS LAUNCHED IN JAPAN. A SECOND-GENERATION NETWORK IS LAUNCHED IN FINLAND. 1993 THE FIRST PERSON-TO-PERSON SMS IS SENT. FROT PERSONAL ENTERTAINMENT 1979 SONY INTRODUCES THE FIRST VERSION OF ITS ICONIC WALKMAN THE PROLIFERATION OF 1984 CDS SPURS THE NEED FOR PORTABLE CD PLAYERS. PERSONAL MUSIC DEVICE. 1987 GERMAN RESEARCHES BEGIN WORK ON A FILE FORMAT FOR DIGITIZING AUDIO. KANE KRAMER, A BRITISH DEVELOPER, CREATES AN MP3 PLAYER CALLED 1997 MPMAN PLAYER. RIO LAUNCHES A VERSION OF AN MP3 PLAYER LATER THAT YEAR. 2001 2007 APPLE AND STEVE JOBS APPLE'S IPOD TOUCH GIVES LISTENERS THE ABILITY INTRODUCE ITUNES AND THE IPOD. TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM THE DEVICE, DOWNLOAD APPS, SEND EMAILS AND DOWNLOAD MUSIC. SEVERAL OTHER COMPANIES LAUNCH SIMILAR DEVICES. CARS 1885 KARL BENZ BUILDS AN AUTOMOBILE 1888 POWERED BY HIS OWN FOUR-STROKE ENGINE DESIGN, HIS INVENTION WAS BENZ STARTS SELLING HIS VEHICLES. THE FIRST VEHICLE THAT COULD REASONABLY BE CALLED A MODERN ONLY AUTOMOBILE. 1893 BROTHERS CHARLES AND FRANK DURYEA THE LAST YEAR FORD'S MODEL-T IS TEST THE FIRST-EVER PRODUCED; IN ITS NEARLY 20-YEAR RUN, AMERICAN GASOLINE- THE MODEL-T REVOLUTIONIZED AUTOMOBILES. POWERED AUTOMOBILE. |1927 RIGHT ONLY |1909| |1926 ONLY FOUR-WHEEL BRAKES SAFETY GLASS MAKES BECOMES STANDARD ARE INTRODUCED IN SCOTLAND. EQUIPMENT IN RICKENBACKER VEHICLES, KEEP 1956 ONLY LEFT 1958 FORD, CHRYSLER AND GM OFFER SEAT VOLVO INTRODUCES BELTS AS OPTIONS. ONLY THE PADDED DASHBOARD. 1974 ONLY 1998 FORD INTRODUCES KEEP AIRBAGS. DUAL AIRBAGS BECOME STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON RIGHT ALL NEW PASSENGER CARS, SOURCES Wikipedia • Buzzle.com http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001016.htm http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm http://plumbing.1800anytyme.com/history-of-plumbing.php http://www.scienceandinventions.com/2010/06/20/who-discovered-electricity/ http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/edison.asp http://www. http://tidbitfun.com/03/14/potato-chip-trivia/ http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?category=cmptr http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/wb-timeline.html .evewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm http://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_electime.html LEFE CMUMI 5,008 1826 ------- -

The People Behind the Way We Live

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Do you know how the inventions you use every day really came to be? Without these people, our lives would be very different today.

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