Module 1 - Background "Invention is the mother of necessities.” - Marshall McLuhan Questions We Ask Ourselves Marshall McLuhan ’s saying‚ "Invention is the mother of necessities"‚ is an example of wit. How is it witty? What is the original saying? You need wit to think about technology‚ for wit demands creative thinking. And once you start thinking creatively‚ you start to see the effect of technology on us all. The usual saying is‚ "Necessity is the mother of invention." That makes sense:
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China impacted the world in many ways with their many great inventions‚ that they brought along the Silk Road. The great inventions were paper‚ printing press‚ compass‚ gunpowder‚ kites‚ etc. Only one of the magnificent inventions stand out from the others. That one would be‚ the compass. The compass helped introduce new parts of our Earth that we could not find ourselves. The compass was made of magnetite‚ which was magnetic. The magnetite aligned north and south because the of the magnetic fields
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Man’s Greatest Invention Man’s greatest inventions will be the topic of this journal. Although‚ inventions may or may not come in a man-made object but it does come from the work of man’s intelligence and determination to survive in this world as described in Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs”. This paper will express the source and significance of the Fertile Crescent to man’s greatest intellectual inventions‚ and explain why certain countries prosper and other countries were unable to develop during
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Mobile phones have changed through time starting with the size of the phone‚ then the technological advances‚ and finally the usage of the phone. Even though the purpose of the phone has not changed‚ which is to call people‚ the phone itself has changed in many ways. The first reason on how mobile phones have changed over time is the size of the phone. In 1190‚ Martin Cooper invented the first mobile phone called the Motorola Dynamic 8000X. The phone was about the length of a non-sharpened pencil
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Ancient Chinese Inventions It is well known that China has an ancient and glorious history‚ from the feudal periods ending in 222 BC through the three Imperial and Intermediate Eras‚ up to the Modern era – over 4000 years of dynastic reigns. It may also be well known that China is the source of many wonderful and useful inventions from spaghetti to gunpowder. This list‚ however‚ will take a slightly different slant of the topic: Chinese inventions and developments that were not known to or adopted
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Cell phones: How Have They Changed Us Socially? Introduction Thesis Statement: Cell phones have socially changed our lifestyle and have greatly influenced our lives. Alternatively referred to as a cell‚ cellular‚ and cellular phone‚ a cell phone‚ which is also sometimes abbreviated as “cp” is a mobile phone or portable phone that enables a user to communicate almost anywhere in the world. The cell phone was invented by Dr. Martin Cooper who led a team of developers at Motorola and made
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The central theme of the article “The Invention of Heterosexuality” is about how sexuality has changed throughout time and what is believed to be normal has also changed. What was the article about?: Throughout time the way that a man or a women is viewed has changed in a great deal. Men have also been believed to be a certain way in order to be a true man‚ same goes for a woman. If they do anything that is not the way they should be acting then they are not true. Dr. Kiernan was the first one
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different types of data. Examples of changes of the Conjugal Roles changing have been documented throughout history. Although there may not be an obvious change in them the change may perhaps be subtler because it’s true that not everything happens in a bang‚ even sociologists agree that things must be done in "baby steps" for example Coltrane and Ishii-Kuntz in 1992. Found that when couples waited to conceive and have their first-born child those husbands did more housework than in the couples
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type of fairy tale reality (Brad‚ 2002). Disneyland was first opened in July 17‚ 1955 (Disneyland History‚ 2007). With this theme park opening the world view on theme park entertainment had been changed forever. Walt Disney expanded to Florida in 1971. This great success has lead to 11 more Disney themed parks and 5 resorts being opened around the world in places such as Japan‚ Paris‚ Tokyo‚ and Hong Kong. Australia would be
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Scientists… The remarkable people who have shaped our world today. From inventions of the light bulb‚ to the structure of the atom. These experts have engaged in a certain field of science and excelled to come up with a numerous amount of inventions‚ and theories. Frederick Sanger followed the work on insulin and developed more in depth methods for studying the proteins structure and the centers of particular enzymes. He also assisted two other scientist in determining the amino acid sequences of
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