List of Technologies

• Pasteurization:

  • Invented by Louis Pasteur
  • Process of heating dairy products to kill harmful bacteria that allow them to spoil faster
• Petroleum Refinery:

  • Widely used in powering automobiles, factories, and power plants
  • Kerosene was referred to as the "illuminating oil" because it was used at first to provide lighting in homes
  • Invented by Samuel M. Kier
• Telephone:

  • Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
  • A way to easily maintain connection and communication with each other in real time
• Calculator:

  • A faster way to compute more complicated equations
• Electricity:

  • The heart of many modern technologies
  • Set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of electric charge
• Electric power:

  • Electric current used to energize equipment
• Electronics:

  • Deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes, and integrated circuits
  • Includes associated passive interconnection technologies
• Smartwatches:

  • Variation of regular watches with features similar to smartphones
• Robotics:

  • Interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electronics engineering, and computer science
  • Deals with the design, construction, operation, and use of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing
• Incandescent light bulb:

  • Electric light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature that glows with visible light
  • Widely used in household and commercial lighting, portable lighting, and decorative lighting
• Airplane:

  • Powered fixed-wing aircraft propelled by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine
  • Invented and flown by the Wright brothers in 1903
  • Used for transporting parcels and people to other parts of the world
• Computer:

  • Device that can carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming
  • Used as control systems for industrial and consumer devices
  • Concept originated by Charles Babbage
• Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive:

  • Data storage device with flash memory and an integrated USB interface
• Cellphone or mobile phone:

  • Device with functions of a standard wired telephone but smaller and more mobile
• Internet:

  • Global system of interconnected computer networks using the internet protocol suite (TCP/IP)
  • Carries a vast range of information resources and services such as the World Wide Web, electronic mail, telephony, and file sharing
• Television:

  • Telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound
  • Used for advertising, entertainment, and news
• Penicillin:

  • Discovered by Alexander Fleming in September 1928
  • Marks the start of modern antibiotics
• Automobile (car):

  • Wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation
• Nuclear weapon:

  • Explosive device deriving destructive force from nuclear reactions
• Nuclear power:

  • Use of nuclear reactions to generate heat for producing electricity in nuclear power plants
• Satellites:

  • Artificial objects intentionally placed into orbit
  • Used for military and civilian Earth observation, telecommunication, navigation, weather forecast, and space telescopes
• Vaccine:

  • Biological preparation providing active acquired immunity to a particular disease
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner:

  • Medical imaging technique used to form pictures of the anatomy and physiological processes of the body
• Computed tomography (CT) scan:

  • Uses computer-processed X-ray measurements to produce cross-sectional images of specific areas
• Liquid-crystal display (LCD projector):

  • Video projector for displaying video, images, or computer data on a screen or flat surface
• Bluetooth:

  • Wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances between fixed and mobile devices
• Wi-Fi:

  • Technology for radio wireless local area networking of devices
• Printer:

  • Peripheral device for making a human-readable representation of graphics or text on paper
• Camera:

  • Optical instrument for recording or capturing images
• Closed-circuit television (CCTV):

  • Video surveillance using video cameras to transmit a signal to specific monitors
• Submarine:

  • Watercraft capable of independent operation underwater
  • Used in military, marine science, search-and-rescue, and tourism
• Stethoscope:

  • Acoustic medical device for auscultation of internal sounds of animals or human bodies
• Laptop or notebook computer:

  • Small, portable personal computer with a "clamshell" form factor
• Credit card:

  • Payment card enabling cardholders to pay merchants for goods and services
• Steam engine:

  • Heat engine using steam as its working fluid to perform mechanical work
• Light Amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (Laser):

  • Device emitting light through optical amplification based on stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation