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What is the best invention past or present?
The Greatest Inventions In The Past 1000 Years
| Invention | Inventor | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Printing Press | Johannes Gutenberg |
| 2 | Electric Light | Thomas Edison |
| 3 | Automobile | Karl Benz |
| 4 | Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell |
What is the most life changing invention in human history?
1. The Wheel (3500 BC) – Let’s Get Things Rolling. One early invention that altered the history of humanity was the wheel.
What is one of the oldest inventions?
The Acheulean Handaxe is arguably the first tool we hominids made, a triangular, leaf-shaped rock, probably used for butchering animals. The oldest yet discovered is from the Kokiselei complex of sites in Kenya, about 1.7 million years old.
What was computer graphics like in the olden days?
People who worked in the technical fields were able to type in programmes in “machine code”, a very cryptic language indeed, and this gave access to much finer graphics – 512×384 pixels, or dots. Compare this with todays household computer with maybe 2 terabytes (2,000,000,000,000 bytes) of memory.
What makes today’s teenagers unique?
Today’s teenagers are no different—and they’re the first generation whose lives are saturated by mobile technology and social media. In her new book, psychologist Jean Twenge uses large-scale surveys to draw a detailed portrait of ten qualities that make today’s teens unique and the cultural forces shaping them.
What do igens really think about the future?
Compared to previous generations, iGens believe they have less control over how their lives turn out. Instead, they think that the system is already rigged against them—a dispiriting finding about a segment of the lifespan that is designed for creatively reimagining the future.