U TAH IN THE 20 TH C ENTURY : G LOBAL I MPACT Technology, Medicine, & Transportation

W HAT IS THIS ? Philo Taylor Farnsworth, inventor Born near Beaver Utah Many inventions/patents The American public continues to purchase television sets for their homes. In the year 1945, there were fewer than 10,000 sets in the country. By 1960, there were 52 million sets in American homes, which is one in almost nine out of ten households. This figure soared to 219 million in 1997.

Television and pop culture 1. New Heroes/ American Royalty 2. Shape world view/ politics. 3. Define & change cultural Norms 4. Pop Culture= America’s new religion

M OST R ECENT T ELEVISION S TATISTICS BY N ATION Rank: Countries: Amount: Countries: Amount: # 1 China:400,000,000 (1,344,130,000 pop in 2012)China:400,000,000 # 2 United States:219,000,000 (313,914,040 pop in 2012/ 114,761,359 households)United States:219,000,000 (313,914,040 pop in 2012/ 114,761,359 households) # 3 Japan:86,500,000 Japan:86,500,000 # 4 India:63,000,000 India:63,000,000 # 5 Russia:60,500,000 Russia:60,500,000 # 6 Germany:51,400,000 Germany:51,400,000 # 7 Brazil:36,500,000 Brazil:36,500,000 # 8 France:34,800,000 France:34,800,000 # 9 United Kingdom:30,500,000United Kingdom:30,500,000 # 10 Italy:30,300,000 Italy:30,300,000

W HAT IS THIS ? “Utah Arm,” artificial arm Dr. Stephen C. Jacobsen at the U of U Medical School 1981 Since come out with Utah Arm 2 & 3- simultaneous hand & elbow control Revolutionized medical aid for elbow amputees

Utah Arm: Artificial Limb

W HAT IS THIS ? Transportation in Utah Interstate Highway I-15 Created along Utah’s old US Route 91 in 1974 Runs north–south through Intermountain West 10 th longest freeway in U.S. 2 nd longest North South by-way Runs through Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, & California Modern Mass- Transit systems. Gateway hub for air/rail/ transit

Transportation

W HAT IS THIS ? First successful artificial heart implanted Dr. Willem Kolff began Utah artificial organs program & Dr. Robert Jarvick refined the model Patient lived for 112 more days University of Utah 1982 Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the time to heart transplantation, or to permanently replace the heart in case transplantation is impossible Influence in world of medicine

What is this? Morton Thiokol Specializes in Space & Aeronautics Develops and builds rocket and missile propulsion systems Employs over 15,000 people worldwide Annual sales of around $840 million.

WHAT IS THIS? 2 nd Half The program was originally developed under contract at Brigham Young University for use in 1979 Alan Ashton & Bruce Bastain Word processing program for PCs Still used today for homes & businesses across the world

Art in Utah