CONTRIBUTIONS OF

ASIAN TECHNOLOGY
IN SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
Japan, China, and India are some of the most important countries
when it comes to technological developments and contributions to
the world. Interestingly enough, many Asian nations had, up until
even the relatively recent past, been isolated from the rest of the
world for various political reasons. But when they opened
themselves up to trade and the exchange of information, they
became booming powerhouses of technological innovation. That
doesn't mean they never contributed technological innovations in
the distant past, as you'll soon learn.
CD PLAYER

The world's first CD player was released by

Sony, a Japanese company known for producing
lots of technology. CDs themselves were also
invented, in part, by Sony as well.
KARAOKE

Perhaps you also sing along to your favorite songs as you listen
to them. You can thank Japanese companies and culture for
developing much of the technology used in Karaoke.
PAPER

China, has a very long history of technological developments and contributions

as well. One of their most important contributions was paper. Yep, the stuff
you write on was actually developed in China around 105 AD.
COMPASS

China is also credited by many for inventing the compass,

which helps us navigate around the world.
GUNPOWDER

The first known recipe for saltpetre, the principal ingredient of gunpowder, can

be found in a Chinese military manual written by Wu Ching Tsung Yao from
1044 (Burke, 1978).  This military manual also gave directions for making a
bomb using gunpowder so most historians believe that bombs or grenades were
used by Chinese troops from before the 11th century.
THE DECIMAL SYSTEM

India gave the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten

symbols – the decimal system. In this system, each symbol received a value of
position as well as an absolute value. Due to the simplicity of the decimal
notation, which facilitated calculation, this system made the uses of arithmetic
in practical inventions much faster and easier.
RULER MEASUREMENTS

Excavations at Harappans sites have yielded rulers or linear measures made

from ivory and shell. Marked out in minute subdivisions with amazing
accuracy, the calibrations correspond closely with the hasta increments of 1 3/8
inches, traditionally used in the ancient architecture of South India.
FIBBONACCI NUMBERS

The Fibonacci numbers and their sequence first appear in Indian mathematics
as mātrāmeru, mentioned by Pingala in connection with the Sanskrit tradition
of prosody. Later on, the methods for the formation of these numbers were
given by mathematicians Virahanka, Gopala and Hemacandra , much before
the Italian mathematician Fibonacci introduced the fascinating sequence to
Western European mathematics.
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Made by Group 6

Members:
Basbas, Sherwin
Dolayba, Marl Valvin Guiller
Sarigumba, Dan Levi
Pacturan, Jesster
Lumba, Jessrell