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    over 5000 years ago. It started with the use of cand goes all the way to all the things invented during the Han dynasty. Many of the things we use in our everyday lives were created during these times, and our lives wouldn’t be the same had the inventions not been made. As earlier stated, cuneiform was the first thing invented during this time. It was the first written language, created by the Sumerians, and it has helped with everyone’s life since then. The Sumerians used it to keep records

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    Without the compass, our technological state would still be in the dark ages. The compass was the greatest invention in history because it increased wealth and it gave a way for information to be spread around the world. Though many people argue against it, the benefits of it outweigh any other invention. To begin, the compass allowed for people expand and grow their fortune. It made going to far away lands easy and less daunting because you knew what direction to be going in and it lowered the

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    “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision” (Shore, 2014). Innovation is the process of translating an idea such as invention, information, practice, product, service, technology to create knowledge and valued to customers (Skarzynski and Gilbson, 2008). In today’ world, leaders, organizations, and countries are adopting innovation culture by demanding every member of the team to be creative to protect the organization success. Leaders from all over the world

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    The Greatest Invention: Plastic Plastic – an American-made synthetic material, renowned and praised for its almost indestructible quality and versatility, yet on the contrary has had detrimental consequences on our environment and ourselves. It is quite amazing to observe how plastic has completely changed our way of life. In Susan Freinkel’s book “Plastic: a Toxic Love Story” she writes about the effects of plastic on our world. The author points out, a commonly overlooked fact, that plastic is

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    Our fast-paced world has seen many inventions that has changed the shape of our society. Perhaps the most influential inventor who inspired many others to try their hand at changing the world, was Thomas Edison. Thomas Alva Edison is considered one of the greatest inventors of all time. He invented hundreds of items that we still use today in some form or another, including the electric lightbulb and the alkaline battery. His inventive mind started when he was just a little boy growing up in Michigan

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    invented invented the reflecting telescope. This greatly improved the capacity of telescopes and reduced optical distortion. This helps with optometrists and other scientists of all sorts to gain knowledge better with the help of Sir Isaac Newton’s invention. Charles Babbage, whose an english mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer. He invented a programmable computer, which is now used worldwide present day. Nikolas Tesla, an American Physicist who invented fluorescent lighting

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    Inventors and Inventions What does it mean to invent something? Has anyone ever truly invented anything? Wikipedia defines invention as “a unique or novel device”. At Dictionary.com the definition is better described as “U.S. Patent Law: a new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.” While the patent office is filled

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    speech specialist and taught elocution. As a young boy, Alexander studied under his grandfather, who was a speech teacher as well. So as Alex grew up, he got a job at a school for the deaf, and taught using his father’s methods. Alexander’s spark for invention was due to his deaf mother, and he wanted to be able to communicate with her. After some years of moving, when Alexander was twenty-five he established a school for the deaf in Boston, Massachusetts. The following year became a professor in speech

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    The Real McCoy Black history month is a time to recognize and acknowledge the accomplishments and achievements of black Africans around the world. It is also a time to recognize the role that they, African Americans played in history. The month of February was chosen to be dedicated to black history month because of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglas’ birthdays. I feel that black history month is a very important time of the year because we get the chance to learn how poorly and unfairly Africans

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    population in the U.S., thus raising the overall aggregate happiness of people. The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted the exclusive right to the Knoll brothers to profit from their invention – Photoshop, which Adobe acquired through a licensing deal. While rewarding a person for his invention is good to promote innovation, rule utilitarians would disagree in grating the patent to them because it implicates a social cost that far outweighs the benefits of that one software and the people

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