Impotant Inventions Of The Century

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“Necessity is the mother of invention.” This quote is often used to explain how another miraculous invention was discovered. Throughout history, many inventions have been created. The Industrial Revolution started late in the 1700s, and since then humankind has developed at an amazing rate. Truly inventive and useful devices, such as the steam engine and telegraph, were invented. Over the last 100 years, many inventions and innovations have been created that make society’s life better, and four inventions stand out above the others: the jet airplane, the television, the laptop computer, and the cell phone. The first most useful invention is the airplane, invented by the Wright brothers in 1903. The airplane has transformed not only this society, but also the entire world. They make it possible to travel long distances in a few hours, where before it would take days or weeks to travel by horseback. A plane even allows people to travel over high mountains and deep oceans without much trouble. It's as if the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were small rivers and the Himalaya and Rocky Mountains were tiny hills to jump over. In addition, with the invention of the plane, the world is seemingly smaller because a person can now effortlessly travel from one country to another to work, study, or even for simple vacations. The second most important creation in the last century is the computer, and specifically the laptop computer with an internet connection. The computer was invented in the mid-1900s, but in the 1980s the personal computer transformed how people used it. Because a laptop computer is small, portable, and can store large amounts of data, it is useful for business and study. From email to ecommerce and from ebooks to downloading movies and games, the personal computer has transformed everyone’s life. Computer software programs make it possible to keep track

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