INVENTIONS

Let’s speed things up!

1. Old ways to travela. Horseb. Wagonc. Footd. Boat

2. New ways to travela. Locomotives

i. Faster than a horse

ii. Carried more people and supplies over longer distances

U.S. During the Industrial Revolution

1. Many new inventions in a short amount of time

2. People left rural (farm) areas to move to the citya. Items made from machines instead of

being handmade

Pearl Street Station in

New York City

Interchangeable Parts

1. Invented by Eli Whitneya. Who was he?

2. All items made for a machine or tool had identical parts

a. Guns, eventually cars, etc.

3. This process made it faster and cheaper to fix a broken item

Communication1. Telegraph - 1844

a. Invented by Samuel Morse. b. Messages were sent using Morse Code.c. By 1866, telegraph wires connected

America and Europe.

Diagram of a telegraph transmitter

Communication1. Telephone – 1876

a. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell.b. By the 1890s, there were 500,000

telephones.i. First words spoken on the telephone were:

“Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”

Alexander Graham Bell and his prototype telephone

Electricity1. Light Bulb – 1879

a. Invented by Thomas Edisonb. In 1882, Edison built the first electric

power plant in New York City. c. Indoor light at night changed the way

people lived

Thomas Edison’s original light bulb

Automobile1. Henry Ford - 1903

a. He started an automobile company.

b. In 1908, he began building the Model T which was the first affordable car.

Automobile1. Assembly Line –

1908

a. Ford mass produced Model Ts using an

assembly line.

b. Workers stayed in one place while the cars were moved.

Ford Assembly Line

1908 Ford Model T

1908 Ford Model T advertisement

1910 Ford Model T

Airplane

1. Airplane - 1903a. Invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright

b. Built first airplane that flew 120 feet on the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The Wright Brothers and the first airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

British World War I airplane

So……… How have some of

the things you use on a daily basis evolved

over time?

Evolution of

Gaming Consoles

Atari 2600 – October 1977Games: Pac-Man, Frogger

Original p

rice –

$199.00

Nintendo Entertainment System – October 1985Key Improvement: 8 Bit Video Game Console

Super Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt, Metroid, Contra

Original p

rice –

$199.00

Super Nintendo Entertainment System August 1991

Key improvement: 16 Bit Video Game ConsoleMortal Kombat, Donkey Kong Country

Original p

rice –

$199.00

Playstation – 19941st Game Console to use a CD disk

Key improvement: Save your information

Original p

rice –

$299.00

WiiNovember 2006

Key improvement: One of the 1st

Wireless Controllers; it is backwardly

compatible with all GameCube Games

and accessories

Original price –

$249.00

PS4 – November 2013

Key improvement: smartphones and tablets can interact with device and other high tech features

Original p

rice –

$399.00

Evolution

of the Automob

ile

Benz Velo – 18941L 3.5hp engine

Get someone from Point A to Point B faster

Model T Ford – 19082.9 L 20 hp

1st Affordable car – Assembly Line

Edsel made by Ford – 1957332 Cubic inch V8 engine

Bought for convertible top and style

Ford Escort – 19811.9L 52HP

Bought for good on fuel – 35-40 MPG

Mazda RX7 – 19961.3L 276HP - Sports Car

Goes 0-60mph in 4.2 seconds

Lamborghini – 19903.5L V12 Engine

Bought for Speed, Speed, Speed