Assignment 1 Rushil Surapaneni
10 Inventions that
Significantly Changed the World
By:
Rushil Surapaneni (Student ID: 24782638)
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 190G
The Movable Printing
Press
• First known movable type printing press technology invented and developed in China by Bi Sheng between years 1041 and 1048.
• Invention of movable type mechanical printing technology credited to German printer
Johannes Gutenberg in 1450.
• Arrival of this movable type in
Renaissance Europe introduced the era of mass communication.
• Unrestricted circulation of and ideas
• information
Power of political and religious authorities threatened as increase in transcended borders. literacy broke monopoly of literate elite on education and led to rise of middle class, Reformation, and nationalism.
The Mobile Phone
• First mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr. Martin
Cooper of Motorola in 1973 and in 1983, DynaTAC 8000x was first to be commercially available.
• From 1983 to 2014, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew from zero to 7 billion, penetrating 100% of the global population.
• Credited with revolutionizing socio-economic culture through the ability to connect with others at an instant pace.
• Controversial with its impact on social culture as inter-personal, face-to-face attention diminishes with the growth of the mobile phone. The Incandescent
Lightbulb
• Incandescent bulbs are the original form of electric lighting and have been in use for over
100 years.
• Has allowed for greater working hours, better workplace and home safety, and has increased leisure hours and activities.
• Has become a modern necessity of life and has brought networks of wires into homes and offices, allowing for it to be relatively easy to add appliances and other machines.
The Microwave Oven
• Invented by Percy Spencer after World War II from radar technology developed during the war.
• Heats food by bombarding it with electromagnetic radiation in the microwave spectrum causing
Significantly Changed the World
By:
Rushil Surapaneni (Student ID: 24782638)
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 190G
The Movable Printing
Press
• First known movable type printing press technology invented and developed in China by Bi Sheng between years 1041 and 1048.
• Invention of movable type mechanical printing technology credited to German printer
Johannes Gutenberg in 1450.
• Arrival of this movable type in
Renaissance Europe introduced the era of mass communication.
• Unrestricted circulation of and ideas
• information
Power of political and religious authorities threatened as increase in transcended borders. literacy broke monopoly of literate elite on education and led to rise of middle class, Reformation, and nationalism.
The Mobile Phone
• First mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr. Martin
Cooper of Motorola in 1973 and in 1983, DynaTAC 8000x was first to be commercially available.
• From 1983 to 2014, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew from zero to 7 billion, penetrating 100% of the global population.
• Credited with revolutionizing socio-economic culture through the ability to connect with others at an instant pace.
• Controversial with its impact on social culture as inter-personal, face-to-face attention diminishes with the growth of the mobile phone. The Incandescent
Lightbulb
• Incandescent bulbs are the original form of electric lighting and have been in use for over
100 years.
• Has allowed for greater working hours, better workplace and home safety, and has increased leisure hours and activities.
• Has become a modern necessity of life and has brought networks of wires into homes and offices, allowing for it to be relatively easy to add appliances and other machines.
The Microwave Oven
• Invented by Percy Spencer after World War II from radar technology developed during the war.
• Heats food by bombarding it with electromagnetic radiation in the microwave spectrum causing