daughter of two Jewish parents in Austria. She wanted to help the navy with their torpedoes so the could get through jammers. She didn’t know what big of an impact that her small invention would have on the world. Hedy Lamar created wifi‚ a huge part of everyone life’s and it just started from trying to help he navy. The invention that changed my life the most is wifi. With wifi I can learn more than I would without it. On YouTube you can learn a lot of information on about every topic. I have learned
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In today’s high-pace society‚ technology is a way of life‚ which is why we humans tend to want the next best product out there. However‚ when it comes to mp3 players there is a vast selection‚ but the one that really stands out is the Ipod by Apple. This is because it is light weight and it can hold a large amount of songs depending on how big the storage is‚ and on Apple’s latest model there is video capability. So not only does it have music but you could watch videos too. What would be even
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The Maybelline Makeup Company was created by 19-year-old Tom Lyle Williams in 1915. Tom Williams got the idea to enhance his sister’s while he was watching his sister Mabel apply a mixture of Vaseline and coal dust to her eyelashes to give them a darker‚ fuller look. He went on to adapt it with his chemistry set. Eventually he came across a mixture containing petrolatum (Vaseline)‚ carbon black‚ cottonseed oil‚ and safflower oil that he hoped he could sell. Unfortunately‚ when Mabel applied it to
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Who Were the First Americans? It has long been the belief that the first Americans migrated from Asia some twelve thousand years ago by crossing the then frozen Bering Strait. In 1932‚ stone artifacts were found alongside mammoth bones in Clovis‚ New Mexico that supported this theory. In recent years‚ however‚ new evidence and discoveries challenge those beliefs. These new discoveries pre-date the Clovis artifacts and are located in different parts of North and South America. Along with those new
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The computer as the most wondrous technological invention of the 20th century Since the beginning of human era we have always tried to obtain machines to make our lives easier. Before the computer was invented people did boring tasks that we now take as they are. No one can deny the fact that computers play a very effective and important role in our lives. Many of us spend a lot of hours in front of computer working or using it just for fun. But still as any thing‚ PCs have their pros and
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The Past 50 Years The history of the telephone has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. When the telephone was originally invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876‚ communication across a phone line was only achievable by short distances and was only used to transmit voice data. With today’s technology‚ communications can span the globe and carry voice‚ data‚ and video. The earliest phone systems used rotary technology and a manual switching system requiring human intervention. It was not
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Major Inventions of the Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century They have been many major inventions within the late 19th and early 20th century. Throughout history‚ these inventions have made great impacts on society. Three of these inventions that made the greatest impact are the telephone‚ the telegraph‚ and the light bulb. Each of these inventions has made a different impact in some way but they are still some of the greatest inventions. The telephone has left a huge impact on the world
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Group 2 (Bleaser; Humbles; Pennington; Robin; McLamb) Case Study Salem Telephone Company The purpose of creating the subsidiary is twofold: (1) to keep telephone customers from having rate increases and (2) for Salem Telephone to plan‚ control and make decisions on performance of its operations in the area served. Planning would involve a financial budget and the level of profit needed. Control would be the measurement and comparison of actual to estimated budget analysis of management’s
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Introduction The 19th century developments of firstly the telegraph‚ and later the telephone‚ opened a gateway to a new‚ closer‚ more interdependent world. For a country as large as the United States‚ with a population now scattered from east to west‚ the implications were tremendous. The infamous tyranny of time and distance had been conquered. Widespread acceptance and appreciation‚ however‚ were not immediate. Both inventions met with initial scepticism‚ ridicule‚ and even elements of fear. The wisdom
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The invention of printing subjected the existing field of histories – whether allegedly true‚ romantic or novel – to a process of trivializationand commercialization. Romances had circulated in lavishly ornamented manuscripts to be read out to audiences. The printed book allowed a comparatively inexpensive alternative for the special purpose of silent reading. Abridgements of ancient historians‚ popular medieval histories of knights‚ stories of comical heroes‚ religious legends and collections of
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