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    Mother of Invention

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    Introduction It has been said throughout time that‚ necessity is the mother of invention‚ but what facilitates necessity in today’s modern society has become a vast gray area. As a society‚ we are use to‚ and so dependent on‚ such modern conveniences‚ as high-speed internet‚ cell phones‚ laptops‚ tablets‚ search engines‚ and GPS‚ so much so that we would not know how to function without them. The dependence on modern technology is making way for a whole generation that is incapable of doing anything

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    Invention of locavorism

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    The Invention of “Locavorism”: An analysis of the local food movement There are growing concerns with the world’s current food system. Many argue the products we consume are mal nutritious‚ unsafe‚ and ethically irresponsible‚ along with having an astronomical impact on the environment. The newly formed fad of locavorism claims to have a solution to the world’s problems. A locavore is an individual who believes in eating only food grown and produced locally or within a certain distance of their

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    Inca Inventions

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    In 1438 C.E. the inca could travel all over horses or even inventions like the wheel or water bottles or cup they had to make all of that stuff out of stone kinda like how they had to make tools weapons out of sticks rock vines and stone and even obsidian. The most modern day resource was mortar which was used to make houses schools and temples for priests.The people that built the temples would decorate the temples with gold and silver jewelry for the holy gods like the inti. For food the incas

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    INVENTION OF THE STEAM ENGINE Mankind’s interrelation with manufacturing systems has a long history. Nowadays we see manufacturing systems and their applications as systems in which goods are produced and delivered to the suitable places where we can obtain them. We are conscious of the fact that everything we consume or obtain is produced at some facilities. We are also aware of the fact that many components involve at these processes such as laborers‚ capital‚ and machines. Nevertheless‚ majority

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    would play a part in influencing other cultures as well as modern civilization. They were the first to create city-states‚ develop a sophisticated system of writing‚ a basic sense of mathematics‚ and also a more in depth religion (Adler‚ et al). The invention of these were able to be passed down to the successors of the Sumerians and were able to be advanced even further. Let us take a more in depth look into these fields. Sumerians were the first to create the first large cities‚ the largest of which

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    Why Dogs are the Most Useful Animal to Humans For as long as anyone can remember dogs have been bred and used to help humans. Whether it be for hunting and gathering‚ companionship‚ to help with the disabled‚ or to help law enforcement officers do their jobs better‚ dogs are the most versatile and useful animals to humans. Most scientists agree that dogs are descended from the Grey Wolf. Dr. Robert K. Wayne of UCLA has shown through DNA research that the Grey Wolf and common dog are so closely

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    was the Microscope Invented? The microscope is a machine used to see tiny‚ small things such as germs and bacteria. These small creatures are not seen by us but can be seen by a microscope. The three subtopics that will be mentioned are: 1) Who invented the microscope? 2) Why was it invented and What are the different types of microscope. The prediction made was that the microscope was a very important part of life in the middle-ages. People had very serious sicknesses at that time

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    mother of invention.” This quote is commonly used to explain how another miraculous invention was discovered. Throughout history‚ many inventions have been created. The Industrial Revolution started in the late 1700s‚ and since then humankind has been developing at an exponential rate. Truly amazing and useful devices‚ such as the steam engine and telegraph‚ were invented. In the last 100 years‚ many inventions and innovations have been created that make society’s life better‚ and four devices stand

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    3 Influential Inventions

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    green. Not only have we learned from the past but some of the greatest inventions come from ancient times. We have the cuneiform and the wheel from Sumerians‚ and gun powder from the Chinese. Those are only some of the ancient inventions that have evolved to great modern world technology. Without a good base how can anything function right? Without them cars‚ the alphabet‚ and firearms may have never been invented. Inventions that most of us could not live without; because we have places to go‚ things

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    two pieces of rock rubbed against each other‚ but since then people started using it for their protection and heating and cooking purposes. Undoubtedly‚ these seem meaningless to us today‚ but consider life without these discoveries and inventions. Would you be able to enjoy the same quality of life without them? But the fact is that the emergence of necessities led man to explore further. As time passed‚ man realized other needs arising around him. After catering to his fundamental needs of

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