Which of these inventions do you feel has had the strongest impact on society and why? PICK ONE! -Telephone -Computer -Refrigerator -Camera -Phonograph (sound recorder) -Electric sewing machine
Put your name on each bathroom pass that you have and pass them forward
How do technological innovations affect the production, distribution, and consumption of goods in a market economy?
What motivates people to invent and be innovative?
Patents Copyrights Entrepreneur Bessemer Process
So what did you come up with??
We studied innovation before… New ideas that are accepted into a society
Moving from the idea of using a horse to the idea of using a car as means of transportation
Creation of a new product or process to benefit society
The creation of the engine inside a car
No indoor electric lights No refrigeration Snail Mail: In 1860, most mail from the East Coast took ten days to reach the Midwest and three weeks to get to the West Coast. A letter from Europe to a person on the frontier could take several months to reach its destination.
Power stations across the country began providing electricity for lamps, fans, printing presses, and many other appliances.
License to make, use, or sell an invention , 36,000 issued , 500,000 issued
What invention has had the greatest impact on YOUR life?