Technology and Globalization
Take a minute... Talk with the people around you. What piece of technology do you think makes your life easier?
Aerospace Technology and Exploration Hubble Space Telescope Uses optical scanner to research stars births and deaths, black holes 1995 first woman flies a space shuttle Eileen Collins Kennedy Space Station Processing Facility 2000-2008 had the most international participation for below 1998 International Space Station (finished in 2011) How could these improve your quality of life?
Information Technology First affordable personal computer in 1980s CD ROM and DVD player - 1990s Google created in 1998 USB in 2000 First camera phone 2000 IPhone 2007, Macbook Air 2008 First Ipod 2001 Steve Jobs! 2015 Apple Watch
1990s cell phone commercial
First Ipod Commercial
Global Positioning System (GPS) Created by Department of Defense First Navigation System with Timing and Ranging satellite 1978 24 satellite system completed and fully operational 1993 Owned by the government, operated by the US Air Force
1994 GPS system (one of the first commercials!)
Free Enterprise System What is it? Govt has few restrictions on business activity or ownership that citizens participate in Free market/capitalism has this How do you think this drives technological innovation?
Exit Ticket What is globalization? The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale Using your knowledge from today, what piece of technology do you think represents globalization the best and why? MUST be at least 3 sentences!