Your task today is to take 10 photos of 10 things you consider to be great inventions.
Some of the things that I consider great inventions are not readily accessible to me to photograph myself, so I have decided to use other people's photos.
While I do not agree that all vaccines are necessary or even helpful, the invention of them has undoubtedly helped many people survive that would otherwise be unable to fight of the viruses.
The personal computer is a great invention that I am sure most people feel they could not live without. If it weren't for the computer there would be many things that would be different about the world we live in.
Any invention that has to do with personal communication I feel is a extraordinary one. From the United States Postal Service to Skype and everything in between.
Air conditioning is an invention that has allowed for greater expansion of the United States. I am fairly certain that if there was not some sort of cooling system in houses that the western United States would not be as populated as it currently is.
Some of the greatest inventions are things that people now take for granted. The male condom and contraceptives in general I feel are a great invention (I could personally live without them, but that's an entirely different blog post). If it weren't for easy to use and easily obtainable prophylactics, the world would be a pretty horrible place full of diseases and even more unwanted children than already. This is a controversial item, but its benefits are undeniable.
Batteries or electric storage was invented by Alessandro Volta in Italy in 1800. Think of all the things in the world that need electric storage, and how different our world would be if everything had to be plugged into an outlet...
Anyone that has taken COM 101 has learned about standardized time and its benefits to the world of communication. But imagine a world without it. Interstate communication let alone international communication would be extremely difficult if not impossible.
The incandescent light bulb is always on lists of great inventions. Without it there would be many things that would not exists since so many items use some for of lighting.
Not just glass cups, but glass in general is an amazing invention that without it our world would be vastly different. Glass is used in so many applications that it is almost impossible to imagine what our world would be like without it.
While I am sure my cats are very happy about the invention of canning food, we all should be. Today there may not be as many canned foods in people's houses as in the past, but without it our agricultural society would be so different that society in general would feel the consequences.
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