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    The document discusses the concept of modern inventions and when the modern era began. It provides examples of early inventions from the 1900s like the ballpoint pen, helicopter, and air conditioner which occurred closer to 1900 than 2023. Later inventions from the mid-20th century like the laser, MRI, and computer mouse are considered more modern. While innovations continue to occur, the document argues that modern inventions have less of an impact than older groundbreaking inventions and innovations are increasingly based on preexisting technologies.

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    The Future Is NOW: But When Did It Start?

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    The document discusses the concept of modern inventions and when the modern era began. It provides examples of early inventions from the 1900s like the ballpoint pen, helicopter, and air conditioner which occurred closer to 1900 than 2023. Later inventions from the mid-20th century like the laser, MRI, and computer mouse are considered more modern. While innovations continue to occur, the document argues that modern inventions have less of an impact than older groundbreaking inventions and innovations are increasingly based on preexisting technologies.

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    THE FUTURE IS

    NOW
    But when did it start?
    How do we define “modern”?
    Is the invetion closer to the year 1900 or the year 2023?
    Example: First ballpoint pen

    Answer:
    1900 - 15 June 1938
    (84 years ago)
    Is the invetion closer to 1900 or 2023?
    First helicopter

    Answer:
    1900 – 5 January 1943
    (80 years ago)
    Is the invetion closer to 1900 or 2023?
    First air conditioner

    Answer:
    1900 – sometime in 1902
    (121 years ago)
    Is the invetion closer to 1900 or 2023?
    First laser

    Answer:
    1900 – 16 May 1960
    (62 years ago)
    First helicopter – Sikorsky r-
    4b
    First air conditioner
    First laser
    Other fantastic inventions
    (closer to 1900)

    • Windshield whiper (1903) • Electronic microscope (1933)


    • Coffee filters (1908) • Nylon (1935)
    • Anit-syphilis drug (1910) • LSD (1938)
    • Machine gun (1911) • DDT (1939)
    • Frozen food (1924) • Transistor (1947)
    • Electomechanical TV (1924) • Uzi submachine gun (1954)
    What about ‘modern’ inventions?
    (closer to 2023)
    (also known as ‘the present’ or ‘now’)

    • Coronary artery bypass (1964) • TCP/IP (1974)


    • Supercomputer (1964) • Rubik’s cube (1974)
    • Computer mouse (1964) • DNA sequencing (1977)
    • Kevlar (1965) • Apple II personal computer (1977)
    • UNIX operating system (1969) • World Wide Web (1990)
    • MRI scanning (1973) • Linux operating system (1991)
    ?? That’s it.
    Those are all the
    ‘modern’ inventions.
    iPhone

    Windows OS

    Fortnit
    Is an innovation of an innovation an
    innovation?
    Can something be considered an
    invention if it is an improvement of
    something that already exists?

    Answer:it depends
    What can we conclude?
    • The concept of an invention is relative
    • Inventions have been getting less inventive over time
    • ‘Modern’ inventions have less of an impact
    than ‘older’ inventions

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