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10 Inventions that

Signifcantly Changedthe World

By:

Rushil Surapaneni (Student ID: 2!"2#$"%Industrial &ngineering and 'perations Research 10)

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*he +ova,le -rinting-ress

.irst /non ova,le type printingpress technology invented anddeveloped in China ,y Bi Sheng,eteen years 101 and 10"

Invention o3 ova,le typeechanical printing technologycredited to )eran printer4ohannes )uten,erg in 150

6rrival o3 this ova,le type inRenaissance &urope introduced

the era o3 ass counication 7nrestricted circulation o3

in3oration and ideastranscended ,orders

-oer o3 political and religious authorities threatened as increase inliteracy ,ro/e onopoly o3 literate elite on education and led to rise o3iddle class8 Re3oration8 and nationalis

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*he +o,ile -hone

.irst o,ile phone as deonstrated ,y 4ohn . +itchell and Dr +artinCooper o3 +otorola in 1!$ and in 1"$8 Dyna*6C "0009 as frst to,e coercially availa,le

.ro 1"$ to 2018 orldide o,ile phone su,scriptions gre 3roero to ! ,illion8 penetrating 100; o3 the glo,al population

Credited ith revolutioniing socio

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*he Incandescent=ight,ul,

Incandescent ,ul,s are the original 3or o3electric lighting and have ,een in use 3or over100 years

>as alloed 3or greater or/ing hours8 ,etteror/place and hoe sa3ety8 and has increasedleisure hours and activities

>as ,ecoe a odern necessity o3 li3e and has,rought netor/s o3 ires into hoes ando?ces8 alloing 3or it to ,e relatively easy to addappliances and other achines

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*he +icroave 'ven

Invented ,y -ercy Spencer a3ter World War II 3ro radar technologydeveloped during the ar

>eats 3ood ,y ,o,arding it ith electroagnetic radiation in the

icroave spectru causing polaried olecules in the 3ood to rotateand ,uild up theral energy

Raytheon licensed its patents 3or a hoe

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*he 6utoo,ile

*he year 1"## is regarded as the ,irth year o3 the odern car ,uilt ,yarl Ben ith the copletion o3 the Ben -atent

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*he *oilet

6ncient civiliations such as the Indus alleyciviliation used toilets attached to sipleoing ater seage systes

-recursor to ush toilet syste designed in 15#,y 4ohn >arington ,ut such systes did not coeinto idespread use till the or/ o3 *hoasCrapper in the late 1thcentury

>as helped reduce diseases such as cholera8hich can ,e largely ,e prevented hen eEective

sanitation and ater treatent prevents 3ecalatter 3ro containating drin/ing atersupplies

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*he Internet

'rigins date ,ac/ to research coissioned ,y the 7S governent inthe 1#0s to ,uild ro,ust8 3ault

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*he Coputer

-rograa 101 as the frst coercial Fdes/top personalcoputerG8 produced ,y Italian copany 'livetti and invented ,yengineer -ier )iorgio -erotto

'riginally used ,y aHor corporations and the 3ederal governent8,ecae developed 3or household use in the early 1"0s

aed the F+achine o3 the JearG ,y *ie +againe in 1"2 )lo,al personal coputer shipents ere $50 illion units in 2010 Coputers have led to space e9ploration8 ne

designs o3 vehicles and other 3ors o3transportation8 increase in entertainent

industry8 and revolutionied edical and,iological sciences to address healthcare issues

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*he *elevision

Becae coercially availa,le in an e9periental ,asis in the late120s8 popularied greatly a3ter World War II and has ,ecoecoonplace in hoes8 ,usinesses8 and institutions

Serves in any instances as the priary vehicle 3or entertainent8advertising8 and nes

During the 150s8 television ,ecae the priary ediu 3orolding pu,lic opinion and continues to do so today

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*he *elephone

.irst patented in 1"!# ,y 6le9ander )raha Bell and 3urtherdeveloped ,y any othersK the telephone as the frst device inhistory that ena,led people to tal/ directly ith each other acrosslarge distances

Becae indispensa,le to ,usinesses8 governent8 and households8and are today soe o3 the ost idely used sall appliances

>as 3ostered a hole host o3 neinventions as ,oth the cellular phoneand the internet are a result o3 thetelephone syste

*elephone has changed our indset toa ore cople9 ay o3 thin/ing andcontinues to ipact us as e oveinto the 21stcentury

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*he =ogic Behind theSelections

'verall8 it cae don to hat I sa as ost practical andnecessary 3or society and the odern orld to e9ist the ay itdoes today

I ,elieve that the inventions I chose revolutionied the socio