Inventions
MR. CLOUD’S CLASS
MAY, 2009
Inventions
Ana Wallace
Mr. Cloud
GPS
GPS stands for Global Positioning
System
The GPS is a space-based navigation
system that provides the position of
objects
The GPS provides location and time
National Highway System
The National Highway System is 160,000
miles of roadway
It is important to the nation’s economy,
defense and mobility
The National Highway System was developed
by the Department of Transportation
Microwave Oven
The microwave oven was accidentally
discovered by Percy Spencer when he found
out that radar waves had melted a candy bar
in his pocket
It was first called the Radar Range
The first microwave oven to go on the market
was roughly as large and heavy as a
refrigerator
Refrences
www.gps.gov/
www.fhwa.dot.gov/
www.ideafinder.com
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Arayviya Knight
Mr.Cloud
Telescope
» With the most inventions , a lot of
other people claim to have invented
the telescope
» A lot of telescopes has helped people
know about the solar system,the
Milky Way, and the world itself
» In early 17th century Galileo
modernized astronomy by using
the telescope to learn about outer
space
» The telescope was invented in 1608
Aqueduct
»As cities grew, the ancient
Romans needed more fresh
water to use
»To fix this, they built aqueducts
»These were important projects
Telephone
» His invention made it able to talk
to people faraway
» Bell realized that the vibrations in
human speech could be turned
into different things such as ,
variations in electrical current
that could be transmitted through
wires from place to place
» The telephone was invented in 1876
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Ashlyn Temples
Mr. Cloud
Wii
»Shigeru Miyamoto was the
inventor of the Wii
»Donkey Kong , “ Mario” Was the
oldest game on the Wii
»The Wii was built in 2005
Mars Rover
» Mars rover was launched on mars
in June 10 and July 7,2003
» Mars Rover landed on Mars on
January 3rd
» The National Aeronautics Space
and Administration built the Mars
Rover
Airplanes
» First flight took only 57 seconds
» The plane took off on December
17,North Carolina
» Kitty Hawk, in north Carolina
drove the plane
» Orville and Wilbur Wright made
the first powered airplane
Refrences
Cbc inventions for kids
Mars Exploration Rover
Inventor of “wii fit”, “Donkey Kong”,
“Mario”, Shigero Miyamoto
Inventions
Brock Letson
Mr. Cloud
Abacus
• The abacus was invented in China in 1200
a.d.
• This wooden counting piece was named
suan-pan from the Chinese
• It had many rods with beads on them
The First Lightbulb
•The First Lightbulb was invented in 1879 by
Thomas Edison
•It had no oxygen to keep the flame from
bursting
•The lightbulb passes electricity through a thin
platinum filament in the glass vacuum bulb
The First Wheel
•5000 years ago the first wheel was
invented
•The first wheel was a wooden disc
with three carved planks
•The wheel was invented to transport
goods quicker
Resources
• www.CBCkids.com
Inventions
Bryan Sanders
Mr. Cloud
Mars Rover
The Mar’s rover’s mission was to
discover the past of mars
The Mars Rover’s mission was to
discover the past of Mars.
the Mar’s Rover carried a high
resolution camera, a strong magnet ,
and also a computer
Playstation3
The Playstation3’s first prototype was
on May 15th 2005 in Japan
This invention has a camera, video
camera, Bluetooth, computer, and a
gaming system
This gaming system has hundreds of
games
F-18 Hornet
This aircraft usually goes on a mission in a
group
This aircraft is 400 pounds
This certain aircraft is used for defending or if
needed attacking
This aircraft was used very much during
Operation Dessert Storm
This aircraft has air and land missiles and
bombs
This aircraft is a one person vehicle
Resources
www.playstation.com
www.navy.mill/navydata
www.marsrover.nasa.gov
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Camryn Casselman
Mr. Cloud
T.V
• Hardly anyone knows who invented
the Television
• The first Television didn’t have any
sound
• The first Television was black and
white, and only had a couple of
channels
Aqueducts
• The first aqueduct was in 691 BC in
Assyria
• They bring water to cities
• They were made of arches
Telephone
• Bell taught people who were deaf
• He became interested in sound vibrations
and how they traveled
• Transmitted vibrations in human speech
through wires to go from one place to
another
Refrences
• www.cbc.ca\kids
Inventions
David Fuller
Mr. Cloud
Crossbow
The army used the crossbow in the
battle of Hastings.
It lasted for 300 years then it gave
away to firearms.
It was able to shoot over 300 yards.
Trebuchet
From about the middle of the thirteenth
century, the trebuchet was like a catapult.
The stones it threw were 50 to 60 pounds
each.
If vassals ran out of rocks, they had to
throw them instead
Vassals also used the trebuchet to throw
dead houses, people, and what ever else
they could find
Sword
• Swords was first used in 6th century
China.
• They were used hundreds of years.
• It is believed the art of going a steel
swords come soon after from China ,
but details are unknown.
References
www.redstoneprojects.com
www.santharia.com
www.shadowofleaves.com
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Hannah Phelps
Mr. Cloud
Telescope
Hans Lippershey invented the telescope.
Hans Leppershey discovered to put two
lenses in a large,medium,or small tube.
When he put two lenses together,it would
make things appear closer.
Telephone
Bell taught deaf people.
He was also sensitive to sound vibrations
also how they traveled.
He also knew the electrical current
Airplane
The first flight didn’t go off the ground
The first powered flight only lasted about
57 seconds.
A machine gun on this plane was powered
by wind.
References
www.Inventionsforkids.com
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Jhamari President
Mr. Cloud
Wii
The author that made this game is
Shiner Mug Amoco
A game that goes with this game it
was invented in September 2008
The game that the man invented
was called sonic the heghog2
PSP
The Playstation Portable is a
Playstation portable is a box
computer
The man invented in May 11,2004
The PSP is the best from the
network
Ds
DS is a game that makes games
play in the system
Ds has a computer in it that can
read games
The Ds is a game that plays
nintindo games on it
Resources
www.cbc.ca/kids
www.nintindo.com
www.us.Playstation.com
Inventions
John Yambor-Maul
Mr. Cloud
Swimming Pool
The first heated swimming pool was in
Maecenas of Rome in the first century
B.C.
Archeologists have found evidence of
swimming as an organized activity as far
back as 2500 B.C. in Egypt.
Most people did their swimming in lakes,
rivers, and other natural bodies of water
until the middle of the 19th century.
Automobile
The automobile was an invention that was
imagined by many different people in the
15th century, but was not actually built
until two-hundred years later.
Nicolos-Joseph Cugnot was believed to
have invented the first automobile.
Steam and electricity were believed to
make power for the cars in the early
1900’s
Football
Derived from the English game of Rugby,
American football was started in 1879.
The rules were instituted by Walter Camp,
player and coach at Yale University.
Ebb Ellis actually invented the sport of
football by picking up the ball while playing
Soccer and thereby breaking and
changing the rules
References
www.Cbc.ca/general/the-
lab/history-of-
invention/default.html
www.inventors.about.com/od/fstart
inventions/a/History
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Kiran Mital
Mr. Cloud
Telescopes
The most important tool for investigating
space
Several different people claim to have
invented the telescope
Galileo modernized astronomy by using a
telescope to study outer space in the 17th
century
GPS
Uses satellites to locate places
Provides users with positioning,
navigation, and timing
Consists of three segments: space segment,
control segment, and user segment
Clothes Dryer
Originally tried in England and France in
the early 1800’s
One type, the ventilator had clothes wrung
out by hand, placed in a cylindrical metal
drum with holes in it, and turned by hand
over a fire
The first electrical models appeared in
England and North America in 1915
Resources
www.cbc.ca/kids
www.gps.gov/systems/gps/index.html
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Logan Lane
Mr. Cloud
Toaster
The first toaster was invented in 1893
It weighed about 200 pounds
It was white with switches that made
electricity to toast food
Go-kart
The first Go-cart was made in 1956.
It was invented by Art Ingles and Kurtis Craft.
Famous racers began their careers in go-
karts.
Plane
The first plane flight lasted 57 seconds
The first powered plane was made by the
Wright brothers
it flew with a motor and wing warping
method
References
www.Indianchildren.com/sports/go-karts
www.Inventors.about.com
www.Firstplane.com/firstplane
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Madison Seymore
Mr.Cloud
Cell phones
On April 1973 the first person made a call
Cooper wanted people to be carry their
cell phones
“It is so exciting to be a part of a
movement to making broadband to be
able for people with the same freedom
to be anywhere today,”said Martin
Cooper
iPods
In 2002 the special iPods were on sale in
the Christmas season
Most popular iPods allowed users to
sync with an iPods were playlist with a
Window P.C.
Now iPods have as much as 20 GB
storage space
Some iPods are the size of a quarter
Wii
In 2004 Wiis came out
They were in the works as early as
2000
The twists and turns were unique to
the Wii
References
About.com
A history of the iPod: 2000-2004
www.cnet.com
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Miles Tucker
Mr.Cloud
Television
» Philo a 20 year old boy invented the
first image on screen in San
Francisco1927
» The first television had no sound
» The image was a black line being
rotated
Refrigerator
» The Chinese cut out ice boxes in
nearly 1,000 B.C.
» In 1,500 B.C Indians and Egyptians
kept their food cold by putting
water in earthenware
» In the 18th century peasents put
snow in icehouses to keep food cold
Satellite
» Lots of artificial satellites orbit Earth
» Satellite service is the only
broadband technology able to
reach any part of the U.S.
» A satellite is an object that revolves
around a planet
References
» www.ffc.gov
» CBC kids
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Munezah Ayotte
Mr. Cloud
iPhone
And like the original iPhone,it combines a
revolutionary phone,a full screen iPod
and a break through Internet.
The iPhone has fast wireless
technology,navigational mapping.
Has digital music player that syncs with
iTunes
Wii
Made in 2000, but wasn’t released
until 2004
This was a high demand gaming
console
It took visions of both developers,
programmers, and engineers to get the
Nintendo Wii that we have today
iPods
It is the most popular music player
available today
It includes user friendly design and not
hard to use iTunes file management
program
It connects to everybody walking down
the street with their ipods
Resources
www.apple.com
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Nicole Esser
Mr. Cloud
Mars Rover
It was launched on June 10 in search
of water on Mars.
The Mars Rover landed on Mars on
January ,2004.
The Rover Spirit failed to carry out
directions it received on Sunday,its
1800 day on Mars
Nintendo DS
Gunpei Yokoi was creator of the
Nintendo DS Game Boy
In 1989 Nintendo began as a playing
cards manufactuer
The Nintendo Ds screens are made of
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
Wii
Realeased in 2004 to the public
The Wii was name was changed many
times before it was released
One top name was Revolution
References
www.newsBBC.co.com
www.inventors.about.com
www.Wiifirst.com
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Paris Weaver
Mr.Cloud
PlayStations
• Are used as video game or movie
entertainment
• Uses electronic power to eject it’s
video game reader
• Of course it was the 2nd PlayStation
ever
First Cell Phones
• The first cell phones cost about $3995
• Were carried by bags
• Were also huge!
First Airplanes
• Made by the Wright Brothers
• At first flight,there was a crash
• Weren’t as sophisticated
Resources
• PlayStation.com
• Airplanes the First.net
• Ancient Cell Phones.com
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Simone Robertson
Mr.Cloud
First cell phone
The first cell phone was more than a foot
long.
It weighed from 2-3 pounds and cost
$3,995.00.
The battery would only allow you to talk for 1
hour a day.
The phone took a very long time to charge
up.
Electric guitar
Before the electric guitar, popular music
was played by trumpets, clarinets, and
pianos
When it became popular, musicians
were able to to play country, jazz, blues,
folk, and rock n roll
An electric guitar can be heard
anywhere that has music
Pottery
It was made in every civilization.
Pottery was used for cooking, storing,
and serving food long ago.
Pottery was sometimes used to tell a
story.
References
www.pcworld./article
www.cbc.ca/kids.com
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Tyler Olah
Mr.Cloud
Submarines
The first boat known to have been
navigated under water was built in 1620
by Dutchmen
Cornelius van Dreble manufactured the
first submarine for King James
Leonardo Da Vinci thought of the
submarine first
Mace
The word mace refers to the implement for
breaking knights armor.
Today it’s used as a symbol of a persons
authority.
The mace was in wide use in the Middle Ages
Crossbow
A crossbow consists of a bow that is mounted
on a stock that shoots bolts
The Medieval crossbow which derived from
the word Ballista
Crossbows played a significant role in the
warfare of North Africa
References
www.Dutchsubmarine.com
Thefreeencyclopedia.com
www.absoluteastonomy.com
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Tyler Hipps
Mr.Cloud
Computer
for doing complicated mathematic
calculations
Computers are in every electrical device
It stores processes and sends information
T.V.
Best source of entertainment
Capable of broadcasting news, sports or ads
Uses cable or satellite for a full-motion video
that’s 30 or more minutes long
Wii
Uses a realistic motion from a wireless remote
Takes many forms from accessories
Also senses movements sending the
information sometimes wireless to the wii
References
www.CBC.com
www.yahooanswers.com
www.educause.com
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Wiley Hattaway
Mr. Cloud
Telephones
Bell figured out that speech could turn
into electical current and go through wires
Bell taught the deaf and he understood
how sound traveled
Bell made it easy for us to chat from miles
away and helped us make other
inventions like intercoms, walkie-
talkies,the radio, fax transmission, and
Telescope
The telescope lenses were known
since the Greeks
The first telescope appeared in the
Netherlands in October 1608
The telescope was used to see
objects from faraway
Resources
www.cbc.ca/kids
Martin Cooper inventor of the cell phone
The first telescope [cosmology:tools]
Cellphones
Martin Cooper invented the first
cellphone in April 1973
He was the first person to ever
make a call
The name of the first cellphone was
Motorola Dyna-Tac