What Would We Do Without......?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
Boise, Idaho
April 9, 2022 6:21pm CST
I remember back three years or more ago when I said I would never buy a cell phone. Now I have one and don't know what I would do without one. Think about the things we use every day like our cells, computers, refrigerators, etc. What would we do without these things? When were these things invented anyway? Let's see:
* Computer= Charles Babbage proposed the first mechanical computer in 1837 called The Analytical Engine.
* Refrigerator= In 1834 Jacob Perkins invented the first working vapor-compression refrigeration system.
* Toilet paper= Toilet paper was made available by Joseph Gayetty in 1857 and it was called "Medicated Paper, for the water closet".
* Automobile= Karl Benz created the first true automobile in 1885.
* Television= The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year-old inventor named Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
* Cell phone= A Motorola engineer, Martin Cooper, invented the cell phone in 1973.
* Laptop= Adam Osbourne invented the first laptop(with a five-inch screen) in 1981.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
10 Apr 22
How about a microwave? I would not like to be without that.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Apr 22
The microwave was developed in the 40s. It was hoped to be a weapon of war but when it melted a chocolate bar in the guy's pocket, the researchers soon realized a different use for it. I think the first commercial microwave oven was offered in 1947. I know there was one in the restaurant I (briefly) worked in back in 69/70 or so.
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@kaylachan (84736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Apr 22
I know what you mean. Being blind and in a wheelchair (even though I use a manual chair) I have come completely reliant on technology. Anything hands-free is a godsend to me, and I don't what I'd do without most of it.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Apr 22
I understand. In my situation, I am glad to have the technology I have too.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Apr 22
Babbage adapted Jacquard's punch-card system (1801) that allowed patterns to be woven without input from the weaver. By 1812 there were 11,000 Jacquard looms in France.
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Apr 22
Sounds like life was tough in the old days but people got by of course since we are used to all the modern technology and other things we have we cannot imagine doing without but people managed and get by and mostly it was because they adjusted to their situation and knew nothing about what would come along in the future,
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Apr 22
Necessity is the mother of invention. Something like that.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
10 Apr 22
Very interesting, especially about the computer and refrigerator.
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