The Wright brothers, Wilbur (born on April 16, 1867) and Orville (born August 19, 1871), began as entrepreneurs who owned and operated a print shop in Dayton, Ohio. The Wright brothers were the first people to successfully fly an airplane on December 17th 1903. Two...
Can you believe that one of the most influential scientists in history married a pigeon? There have been many significant people that have brought about change in the world of science. Arguably the best known inventor in the world is Thomas Edison. However, Edison just...
The definition of invention is “the action of inviting something, typically a process or device” according to the Oxford Dictionary. There have been many inventions created throughout time from the stone tools in The Stone ages to electrical toothbrush in our current, The Big Data...
There is one word that the human race has adored and worshipped since the very beginning of their existence: Convenience. Scientists and innovators have spent countless hours making use of whatever resources are available to ease the struggles of humanity and to improve the quality...
In the past, people used to travel by foot from one place to another. It became a problem when they had to travel with some of their goods, especially for long distances. This is when they introduced the idea of using animals as a mode...
Introduction A network of computers which allows individuals to get access to nearly any information found in any place in the world at any particular time. The internet has had an intense impact on communication, entertainment, politics, business, economy and in major political events (Chesbrough...
Imagine how far a telescope can see, what it can see, and how it can see. A telescope all of the planets in the Milky Way galaxy. Most telescopes can see 3 billion light years into the Andromeda galaxy. A telescope can see that far...
Henry Ford was not just the founding father of the Ford company, he accomplished many things during his lifetime. He invented the first car the Model T, and several other cars that made him know for the first person to make a car that runs...
Marie Curie, originally named Maria Salomea Skłodowska, was born on November 7, 1897 in Warsaw, Poland, where she would be raised until moving to Paris for further education. Marie grew up living under the Russian control of Poland; and at just 11 years old, she...
Patent documents are techno-legal documents which contain scientific and technical details of the invention and more specifically claims to identify the scope of the invention sought for protection. According to the Patents Act, a patent application must disclose detailed information with regards to the invention...
By 1919, The roller coaster was first developed by John Miller. In 1927, A roller coaster was placed at an Amusement Park, the Cyclone was placed and the Coney Island. The roller coaster has a monumental ice slide, the height is 70 ft, it was...
Clessie Lyle Cummins was born two days after Christmas in Henry County, Indiana some forty miles east of Indianapolis. Although his formal education ended with the eighth grade, his inventive genius generated thirty-three U.S. patents over fifty-six years. He founded and was president for nineteen...
Did you know that crossbows were actually created in 700 BC? The crossbow was created in Ancient China during the Zhou dynasty, around the year 700 BC. A Chinese text, from 200 BC, gives credit to Mr. Ch’in of Ch’u for creating the crossbow. It...
Gunpowder has affected warfare all over the world in every different way, affecting the way battles were fought and borders were drawn since its invention in the Middle Ages.Gunpowder, any of several low-explosive mixtures used as pushing charges in guns and as blasting agents in...
The light bulb greatly changed the world in many ways that continue to affect how individuals experience their lives today. Long ago using natural sources, for example, candles, lamps, and firewood were common ways of illuminating dark places. Billions of people have got accustomed to...
Our life truly has turned out to be substantially less demanding. Today gadgets are everywhere with us: at home, in the workplace, in instructive establishments. PCs opened up a universe of new doors previously us and they made life more agreeable, spared our chance. Everything...
Throughout history, numerous world-changing drug discoveries have been made and they often left profound, long lasting impacts in the healthcare of the human population. Amongst many great drug discovery pioneers, Sir Howard Walter Florey (24 September 1898 – 21 February 1968), was responsible for the...
Do you know that Singapore has invented multiple useful creations in the defense, healthcare and technology sector? However, many people are not aware of this. In the defense sector, ST Electronics has helped to create an Infrared Fever Screening System (IFSS) which helps to identify...
The Renaissance was a time period in Europe that existed from the 14th to 17th centuries. The Renaissance resulted in many impacts, but the greatest impact of the renaissance is technological advancements. Technological advancements such as the steam engine, the printing press, telescope, mechanical cloth,...
Questions: Who are the well-regarded Muslim inventors? Give a short biography of each inventor? What is/are their known inventions? How their inventions benefit Human Society? Al-JazariBadi’ al-Zaman Abu-‘Izz Ibn Isma’il Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari was born in 1136 CE at cizre, Artuqid State during the Islamic...
Many might think that they know what aspirins are, but do they actually know what it is and are the effects? What we know as the aspirin of today was formally invented by Felix Hoffman, who was a chemist working at Bayer in the late...
Before the invention of windshield wipers, traveling through harsh weather conditions was difficult to do. Drivers would have to face the cold and Mary Anderson witnessed it herself one afternoon when she saw a trolley with the front window opened to allow the driver to...
It goes without saying that the world is run by technology, innovations and discoveries made by mankind to this day. All that has changed the way people view the world, the way they live and the way life is made way better by the above...
In Germany the x-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895 and in 1905 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in recognition of his contributions to physics. After this discovery, the new x-ray technology was rapidly applied in clinical medicine. There is no published information...
There have been many remarkable ages in the history of mankind. All of these periods and achievements have undoubtedly assisted in shaping our present and impending future. However, there is one period in our time which has shaped our modern world simultaneously with the advancement...
Silica gel is an important adsorbent use as desiccant in our daily life. The term ‘gel’ merely indicates the condition of the material it is a hard glassy substance as it is manufactured from raw material. It has different characterization parameters It has porous structure...
The Scientific Revolution was a major turning point in European history and set the tone for how things in the society we live in today are still done. The scientific revolution began with Nicolaus Copernicus’ theory along with the rediscovery of ancient Greek atomism in...
Rome was able to control a vast empire due to their military success. According to Bee Breeders, an Architecture competition organisers, Roman architecture was at its peak during the Pax Romana period, a period in which the Roman Empire didn’t expand and wasn’t invaded, and...
The scientific revolution had a very large impact on the advancement of the way people thought about things and the way they examined and viewed the world. Without the scientific revolution we may not have been able to experiment and observe the world the way...
Edison was granted a patent for the motion picture camera or “Kinetograph”. He did the electromechanical design while his employee W. K. L. Dickson, a photographer, worked on the photographic and optical development. Much of the credit for the invention belongs to Dickson. In 1891,...
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