Tech Facts for Kids

Moses Jacob S. Ligon

 Facts 1 & 2

Images 1. The abacus was one of the first

information processors
2. In the early 1600s William Oughtred,
an english clergyman, had invented the
slide rule.

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Images 3. In circa 4000 BCE the wheel was made.

4. The engineers from different fields needed

to work together to make wind turbines in
the sea.

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Images 5. The hand axe was used for approximately 1.5

million years from homo erectus to neolithic
man, the hand axe was basically a tool for
chopping large animals which possibly were
killed by wooden spears.

6. Agriculture has started hundreds of hundreds

of years ago, yet no one knows for exact
certainty of how old it is. The development of
farming risen to the neolithic revolution where
people gave up nomadic hunting and has settled
in what has become, cities.

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Images 7. Apollo 11 was the first flight to send a group

of people to the moon. It was done by NASA, the
popular American space group. It went up to
space on 16 July 1969, carrying these three
astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and
Michael Collins.

8. In 1932

The first true robot toy was made in Japan. The

‘Lilliput’ was a wind-up toy that walked. It was
made out of tinplate and is 15cm tall.

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Images 9. Steam power has been around for a while, but in

1781 James Watt made a new type of steam engine
that can be used to power machines in factories. This
allowed factories to be located anywhere. Through
the 1800s steam engines grew bigger and continues
to grow more powerful. They were used to not just
only power factories, but can also power steamboats
and trains.

10. In 1999

Sony releases the first version of AIBO, a robot dog

that can learn, entertain and talk with its owner.
More advanced versions have followed.

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