STS_Modern Times Flashcards
1
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- Leo Baekeland invented ____ in 1907
- The first entirely synthetic plastic with enhanced and versatility and durability
A
Bakelite (and beyond)
2
Q
- A device that converts energy stored in steam into mechanical work
- Attributed to Thomas Savery, the first rudimentary ____ in 1698
- Improved by Thomas Newcomen in the early 18th century
A
Steam Engine
3
Q
- Invented by Karl Benz in 1886, a german engineer
- A gas-powered vehicle
A
Automobile
4
Q
Greeks created grooves in roads for wheeled vehicles, 600 B.C
A
Railroads
5
Q
- Luigi Galvani, 1780: animal electricity
- Alessandro Volta, 1800: voltaic pile, marking the first true battery
- Consisted of alternating layers of zinc and copper discs separated by an electrolyte
A
Battery
6
Q
Smallpox and Edward Jenner, 1796
A
Vaccine
7
Q
- Known as ARPANET
- Developed in the late 1960s by the United States Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA)
A
Internet
8
Q
Development of the Dartmouth Workshop in 1956
A
Artificial Intelligence
9
Q
- Invented by Thomas Edison in 1879
- Carbon filament in a vacuum sealed glass bulb
A
Light Bulb
10
Q
- Telecommunication device that allows two or more people to communicate over long
distances - Credited to Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas A. Watson
A
Telephone
11
Q
- Benjamin Franklin’s, mid 18th century
- Kite experiment
A
Electricity
12
Q
- He referred as the “Father of 3D Printing” and he also developed a technique called stereolithography
A
Charles Hull
13
Q
- John Wesley Hyatt invented the first ____, celluloid, in 1869
- It was a substitute for ivory and demand for billiard balls
- It is made from cellulose found in wood and straw
A
Synthetic Polymers
14
Q
- Attributed to Hans and Zacharias Janssen, late 16th century
- Observation of small objects and greatly advanced the field of microscopy
A
Compound Microscope
15
Q
- Known as Altair 8800
- Invented by Ed Roberts in 1974
- Was a build-it-yourself computer kit
A
Personal Computer
