Does modern technology make life more convenient‚ or was life better with simpler technology? Everyone might have different opinion. It depends on what the individual needs. Some people may think that they can’t live without technologies nowadays but there’re still people who are willing to chase for a simple lifestyle. Our world was created in the most simplex form formerly. Days by days and years by years‚ men are progressing constantly. For this reason‚ the world is getting more and more evolutional
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a remarkably versatile and humble man who in 1891 invented a game that is now played by more people than any game in the world (Encyclopedia‚ Britannica 2012). James Naismith is best known for the invention of the game we call “basketball.” While Naismith did not benefit financially from his invention‚ he was afforded a glimpse of the game’s potential appeal in 1936 when he attended the Berlin Olympics‚ where basketball was played as a medal sport for the first time (McPhee‚ John 2009). He created
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pediatrician‚ books became such an influence in his life that he is now a writer. Now he visits young Indian children on the reservation‚ who are reading and writing and “trying to save their lives” (Alexie 6). In the short story‚ Daughter of Invention‚ the author Julia Alvarez also uses books and writing to help her succeed and “save her life”. When her family comes to America‚ she does very well in school‚ and she is asked to write a speech for a school assembly. When she is finally able to write
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In 1880‚ Thomas Alva Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and patented it. It’s an invention that has been around since the 1800’s. This invention has significantly‚ affected society by allowing the world to create a comfortable safe environment. Edison had come up with a 16-watt bulb that lasted for over 1‚500 hours. Edison’s light bulb needed improvements‚ and those improvements are the reason we have light bulbs today. The light bulb was invented by using a low current electricity‚ a
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truly know how to be a parent. Due to this fact‚ a parenting or child care class should be required course for high school graduation. Two very different parenting styles are used in the stories‚ “The Rules of the Game” and “The Daughter of Invention”. In “The Rules of the Game”‚ the mother lives vicariously through her daughter. She is prideful of her child’s accomplishments and rewards her daughter greatly when she succeeds. The mother and daughter learn to understand each other in the end
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Great Invention Of The Atomic Bomb Darion Mealing English 12 Mr. Owens Block 4 02/06/14 If you were asked what the greatest invention to help or impact mankind‚ what would you say? Most people would begin to talk about automobile‚ engines‚ and other machinery. Weapons are also a major reason we are what we are today. A special weapon stands out as the big advantage of why we won the battles in World War II‚ It’s called the Atomic Bomb. It is a great invention because
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How influential was gunpowder in ancient china ? Gunpowder is the first explosive the world had ever seen and also one of the four great inventions of ancient China. When this was in the hands of strategists‚ the gunpowder was turned into black powder used in war. The military uses of gunpowder began at the end of the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty‚ the government set up gunpowder workshops‚ where flammable or explosive weapons like a fire cannon‚ rocket and missiles etc. were produced in different
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a beautiful piece of writing in the realistic fiction genre by a remarkable author‚ Brian Selznick. Hugo‚ an orphan‚ struggles trying to live his life unaccompanied in the walls of a train station. Hugo‚ after the fire that killed his father‚ adventured out to the rubble that was left of the building his father died in and ended up finding a writing machine that his father was engaged on. The protagonists problem was that he had to survive on his own‚ keep the clocks
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The SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON In the book I read‚ The Swiss Family Robinson‚ the family was ship wrecked on an island. Their boat was made of wood. Nowadays boats are made of metal and have radar or other tracking devices on board. Instead of leather masts we have giant motor propelled rudders and jets. Instead of just transportation today boats are used for pleasure‚ or even marriages. They have boats with big swimming pools‚ dining areas‚ tennis courts and even the movie theaters on-board. Many years
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California teen has attracted the attention of tech giants Google for her potentially revolutionary invention which charges a phone in 20 seconds flat. The super-fast charging device has been dubbed a super capacitor by 18-year-old Esha Khare‚ of Saratoga - as she took home $50‚000 from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair‚ which took place in Phoenix this week. The device will make waiting hours for a phone to charge a thing of the past and the gizmo packs more energy into a smaller
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