The Innovation of Society Project: Modern Inventions

Welcome Knights!

You have "selected" a research topic. Your objective is to find the date of the invention, interesting facts and information, and to determine the inventor's impact on society. Read the texts and watch the videos in order to be prepared for your presentation in a few days!

Follow the links below to get the necessary information:

• Automated Factories

• https://cerasis.com/2014/10/22/industrial-automation/

• https://blog.voodoomfg.com/2018/04/24/a-brief-history-of-robotic-automation-in-factories/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_lfxPI5ObM

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA18tusTgE4

• Freight Ships

• https://www.marineinsight.com/types-of-ships/what-are-cargo-ships/

• https://www.ocean-insights.com/business-news/8-facts-about-the-shipping-industry/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL04oq1lYVc

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5cTxSjjEXI

• Texting, Instant Messaging, Social Media

• https://mashable.com/2012/10/25/instant-messaging-history/

• http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtP874lpenI

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw0jRD7mn1k

• 3-D Printing

• https://www.sculpteo.com/blog/2016/12/14/the-history-of-3d-printing-3d-printing-technologies-from-the-80s-to-today

• https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/history-of-3d-printing/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0Z6LplaMU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LBTkLsjHGQ

• Plastic Explosives

• https://science.howstuffworks.com/c-42.htm

• https://science.howstuffworks.com/ied1.htm

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS0poO4vHGE

• Word Processor and Internet

• http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html

• https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8K49dD52WA

• L.E.D Light and Neon

• https://www.thoughtco.com/led-light-emitting-diode-1992081

• https://www.iflscience.com/physics/nobel-prize-physics-awarded-scientists-who-invented-blue-led/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKkzBVNozjI

• Fighter Jets (F22/F35B)

• https://www.boeing.com/history/products/f-22-raptor.page

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZwTENPWgzU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ZiiSMjWAM

• Uber/Lyft Ride Sharing Services Self Driving Cars

• https://www.techradar.com/news/uber-self-driving-cars

• https://www.wired.com/story/guide-self-driving-cars/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKQ-6YnrKNc

• Drone and Modern Farming

• http://www.thedrive.com/tech/18456/drones-in-agriculture-how-uavs-make-farming-more-efficient

• https://blog.dronedeploy.com/drones-in-agriculture-then-and-now-ebde3df01667

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3YcZtlVrls

• Bullet Trains

• https://www.japanrailpass.com.au/history-of-the-bullet-train/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdFD2hy7kFM

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loikwra9g14

• SSN-774 Submarines and the Deep-sea Challenger

• https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-submarine3.htm

• http://www.deepseachallenge.com/the-sub/sub-facts/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf1SVFysBcE

• Metal Storm and Modern Automatic Rifles

• https://www.thebalancecareers.com/metal-storm-a-deadly-weapon-system-3356135

• https://www.npr.org/2018/02/28/588861820/a-brief-history-of-the-ar-15

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE

• Modern Skyscrapers

• http://blog.smartglassinternational.com/smart-technology-can-transform-skyscrapers/

• https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/burj-khalifa-dubai-guide/index.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tENJhl7cW2k

• Roller Coasters

• https://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113407796/the-science-of-roller-coasters-081615/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTpWpTBNgbQ

• Online Streaming Services (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal)

• https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/history-of-internet-radio

• https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/01/411119372/how-streaming-is-changing-music

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=324TRVpVzGI