Have you heard the famous quote
"necessity is the mother of invention". Well this famous quote has resembled
in many countries across the world. Inventors Day is observed on 29 September
by numerous countries, as it is the anniversary of Argentinian inventor László
József Bíró, the discoverer of the ball-point pen.
Inventions have a robust influence
on the way civilizations are organized, making it intolerable to imagine how we
could survive without them. Every device we use in everyday life such as book
or house light was once an groundbreaking invention which altered civilization.
Here are some key discoveries that
have wedged the world for good
Compass: Before the compass was invented, location and track at sea
were mainly dogged by the sighting of milestones, along with the scrutiny of
the location of stars and celestial bodies.
Invented by Chinese between the 9th
and 11th century, initial compass were made from naturally magnetized piece of
the mineral magnetite.
Computer :Considered the "father of the computer", Charles
Babbage conceptualized and invented the first mechanical computer in the early
19th century.
Penicillin : Penicillin, which fights many bacterial toxicities in
humans without harming the humans was mass produced and advertised in 1944. But
the initial discovery was done by Nobel laureate Alexander Fleming.
Wheel : Invented in 3500 BC , this invention had the greatest
impact in farming and trade by permitting the passage of possessions from any
place. They have transformed lives for centuries and today an important
invention present in each and every household.
World Wide Web : Invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee on 12 March, 1989, world
wide web became realistic through a proposal to the
management at CERN for a system called "Mesh". With help from his colleagues he
improved his proposal in November 1990 to build a project called World Wide
Web as a web of documents to be viewed
by internet browsers
Paper : Invented in china during the Han Dynasty, it spread
slowly to the other parts of the world as part of trade routes. Earlier material
used for producing paper was expensive but as understanding of paper processing
improved, cheaper raw materials reduced the cost of paper. Thus it started
becoming available to the masses.
Light bulb : The credit for this invention that has lit many houses in the world goes to Thomas Edison in 1879. He created a working lighting system that included a carbon-filament bulb. Apart from him there have been many people who have contributed for creation of lamps, batteries and bulbs.
Telephone : Today the world is connected or just a call away due to an invention of telephone done by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. This invention quickly took off, and transformed global trade and communiqué.
Light bulb : The credit for this invention that has lit many houses in the world goes to Thomas Edison in 1879. He created a working lighting system that included a carbon-filament bulb. Apart from him there have been many people who have contributed for creation of lamps, batteries and bulbs.
Telephone : Today the world is connected or just a call away due to an invention of telephone done by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. This invention quickly took off, and transformed global trade and communiqué.
Invention is never ending story.
Humans will continue to innovate.
Invention is never ending story. Humans will continue to innovate. I will like to end this blog post with a nice quote from Steve jobs
"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new."
This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.
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