Inventions That Have Changed Canadian Identity

Inventions That Have Changed Canadian Identity

1. Common Electricity Throughout Homes And Buildings

   • Allowed for lighting and heating of homes
   • Electricity was found out by Benjamin Franklin
     • Originally only the rich had electricity however it began to grow into poor homes too
   • Electricity was used for inventions starting in and around the 1900's
     • Electricity was not being developed in homes until 1933

2. The Invention Of Smartphones, Tablets and Laptops

   • Changed the way people live their lives.
     • Used for: Entertainment, Communication, Social Media, Work, etc.
       • Has caused less developed social skills in everyone but mainly the newer generation
       • An addiction has began to effect our generation
   • Started with smaller simple phones
     • We have now progressed into touchscreen smartphones and tablets
   • Smartphones use batteries and therefore don't need to be plugged in all the time
     • This allows for all the time access to these phones, tablets and laptops

3. The First Digital Computer

   • Called the "ABC"
     • This was short for the Atanasoff-Berry Computer
       • The ABC was an electrical computer that used vacuum tubes for digital computation.
   • Development Began in 1937
     • Development continued until 1942
   • Invented by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff
     • Born October 4, 1903
       • Died June 15, 1995 (Age: 91)
   • Designed for he solution of systems of simultaneous linear equations.

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