Summary of Great Inventions

Lusted, Marcia Amidon. "(Some Of) The Greatest Inventions." Appleseeds 15.8 (2013): 18. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 13 Nov. 2015.

    The article “(Some of ) the Greatest Inventions,” Marcia Lusted reviews some of the most prominent inventions in history. She begins by asking the reader to imagine the world without man made inventions. Some of these great inventions she discussed were: the light bulb, telephone, TV, cars, computers, ipod, and cell phone. Specific inventors creates some amazing products such as; Thomas Edison who is credited with the creation of the first working incandescent light bulb. Also, Alexander Graham Bell who in 1876 built a device to allow sound to travel over a wire. Many past inventions added up to create new ones, like the cell phone where the same technology used on a regular phone is transmitted by radio like towers.  Then there is Tony Fadell with modern day Apple who created the storage of music files onto an Ipod. Many inventions however were formed by the efforts of multiple people. Charles Babbage, and Konrad Zuse both created inventions with formed together as the first computer. One interesting fact was that the first laptop sold to consumers weighed 25 pounds. Some inventions are inspired by past ideas. Karl Friedrich Benz may have created the first gas engine car, but Leonardo da Vinci had drawn out designs for a horseless mode of transportation first. And of course everyone's favorite, the TV. Television works by transforming images into electrical signals, which can then be projected. First successful TV showing was in 1927. Through time man has become more and more innovative in order to progress.