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| Innovation - Developing Solutions |
| | Pieces of Science
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| | From the Franklin Institute, a look at 16 technological innovations throughout history, and the processes behind their development. |
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| | Lasers
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| | See how lasers are being used to solve many technological problems! |
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| | Modern Technology - 1900
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| | Check out cutting-edge technology - in 1900! Use the "wayback machine" to check out high-tech in a simpler era! How would you solve the technological problems of these times? |
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| | Serendipity - Science and Discovery
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| | What do the discovery of America, the invention of the telephone and the creation of vulcanized rubber have in common? All came about as the result of serendipity—the ability of making fortunate discoveries by accident. Learn more about "accidental science" at this site! |
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| | Invention Games
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| | Great games from the US Patent Office to teach kids about the invention and patent processes! |
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| | ATT Labs Tech Timeline
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| | Explore the innovations of ATT Labs from the past 200 years! |
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| Innovation - Inventors and Inventions |
| | Inventions! WAMC
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| | From the World Almanac for Kids: View the men and women behind things like the airplane, the telephone and the elevator. Plus, explore the history of invention! |
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| | The Inventors Hall of Fame
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| | Biographies of historys greatest inventors! |
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| | Innovative Lives
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| | A collection of biographies of great inventors.
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| | Inventions - Factmonster
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| | A great collection of articles on inventors and inventions. The site includes an index titled "A Guide to Inventions and Discoveries: From Adrenaline to the Zipper". |
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| | Inventor of the Week Archives
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| | Search the directory for the biographies of great inventors from A to Z! |
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| | NOfestiBEL
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| | An interctive exploration of the Nobel Prize winning scientists. |
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| | African Americans in Science
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| | A browseable and searchable index of biographies of African Americans who have made contributions to science and technology. |
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| | Museum of the History of Science - Archive
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| | This site from the museum presents the more than 1,200 objects on permanent exhibition through color images and detailed descriptions. The user can access biographical data, explore "In Depth" information and find contextual background related to the selected object. For the more complex objects, simulation animations and/or videos are also made available.
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| | Blacks in Technology - Past and Present
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| | A series of biographies on black innovators: Granville T. Woods - The "Black Edison", Lewis H. Latimer - The Man Who Made Electric Lighting Practical, Elijah McCoy - "The Real McCoy", Garrett Morgan - "Father of the Gas Mask", Frederick Jones - Made Mobile Refrigeration Possible, Jan Ernst Matzeliger - "Now, Everyone Can Afford Shoes." |
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| | Nobel - Visions of a Century
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| | Since it was first awarded in 1901, the Nobel Prize has recognized some of the most significant scientific advances and social events of the 20th century. Looking back at the range of its recipients, we discover a roadmap that helps to unravel the history of the last century. |
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| | They Made America
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| | Find out about the extraordinary innovators whose ideas and entrepreneurial spirit gave birth to landmark advances like the steamboat and the 747 jetliner, and cultural touchstones like the Barbie doll and CNN. Profiles of each innovator can be viewed chronologically, geographically, and by category. |
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| | Timeline of Inventions
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| | A tremendous hyperlinked timeline of inventions - from Wikipedia. |
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| | FunkyLab - Inventions
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| | Learn about some quirky inventions and their inventors at this great animated site!! |
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| | Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
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| | A look at 20 great design advances - from automobile manufacturing to the Internet! |
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| | Biographical Sketches of Great Inventors
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| | Thomas Edison (Light Bulb, Phonograph, Many More!) Alexander Graham Bell (Telephone, others) Sir Henry Bessemer (Steel Production) Guglielmo Marconi (Wireless Communication) Steve Wozniak (Personal Computers) Wright Brothers (Airplane) William Carothers (Nylon) Henry Ford (Auto Assembly Line) Garret A. Morgan Profile |
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| | Transistors - History and Concepts
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| | From PBS: "Teams of Bell Labs scientists, such as Shockley, Brattain, Bardeen, and many others met the challenge--and invented the information age. They stood on the shoulders of the great inventors of the 19th century to produce the greatest invention of the our time: the transistor." |
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| | Tesla - Master of Lightning
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| | A fascinating look at Nikola Tesla, pioneer of electricity. |
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| | Americn Inventors and Inventions
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| | The Smithsonian preserves thousands of the models that inventors were required to submit with patent applications before 1880. View many of these inventions here, and learn about the men and women who created them! |
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| | American Technology Timeline
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| | From PBS, a narrative timeline of the most significant American inventions! |
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| | Edison Invents!
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| | Thomas Alva Edison changed our world! His genius gave us electric lights in our home and an entire system that produced and delivered electrical power. Learn more about this creative genius here! |
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| | Ancient Inventions
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| | The dramatic pace of technological change in the twentieth century obscures the surprising fact that most of the discoveries and inventions on which modern societies have been constructed were made in prehistoric times. Ancient inventions tell detailed stories of complex knowledge for which no written records exist. |
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| | Einstein - Image and Impact
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| | An online exhibit chronicling the life of Albert Einstein, based on a 16-panel travelling exhibit designed by the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics. |
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| | Albert Einstein
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| | A great biography of perhaps the greatest scientist of the 20th century. |
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| | Benjamin Franklin and his Inventions
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| | A list of Benjamin Franklin`s inventions reveals a man of many talents and interests. It was the scientist in Ben that brought out the inventor. His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work better. |
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| Technology in Daily Life |
| | Technology at Home
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| | A great site from PBS that chronicles great inventions of the past century that are used daily in Americas homes, including nylon, the television, the microprocessor, and several others! Also check out the History Channels "Household Wonders" feature, and the British Science Museums "Technology in Everyday Life" exhibit! |
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| | A Walk Through Time
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| | An amazing look at the history of timekeeping, and the advances in technology that have occurred over thousands of years! |
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| | Electricity and Home Life
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| | Earlier this century an all-electric world was thought to be light- years away.
Peer into the past to wonder at the technology that changed the way we live.
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| | The Typewriter
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| | The evolution of the typewriter is part of the ongoing history of the human need to communicate. The development of the typewriter was the result of a desire both to speed up this process and to produce an aid for the blind in reading and writing. |
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