Ilagan, Helen Grace F.

AB PL II-A

I. Tools and Gadget

Computer: A computer is a programmable machine that receives input, stores and manipulates data, and provides
output in a useful format.

While a computer can, in theory, be made out of almost anything (see misconceptionssection), and mechanical examples
of computers have existed through much of recorded human history, the first electronic computers were developed in the
mid-20th century (1940–1945). Originally, they were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several
hundred modern personal computers (PCs).[1] Modern computers based on integrated circuitsare millions to billions of
times more capable than the early machines, and occupy a fraction of the space. [2] Simple computers are small enough to
fit into mobile devices, and can be powered by a small battery. Personal computers in their various forms are icons of
theInformation Age and are what most people think of as "computers". However, the embedded computers found in many
devices from MP3 players to fighter aircraft and from toys toindustrial robots are the most numerous.

Internet: The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol
Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is anetwork of networks that consists of millions of private, public,
academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic and
optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range ofinformation resources and services, such as the inter-
linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.

Cellphone: A mobile phone (also called mobile, cellular telephone, or cell phone) is an electronic device used

for two-way radio telecommunication over a cellular network of base stations known as cell sites. Mobile phones differ
from cordless telephones, which only offer telephone service within limited range through a single base station attached to
a fixed land line, for example within a home or an office.

Ballpen:
 pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink topaper [syn: ballpoint]

Paper: Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or for packaging. It is produced by pressing
together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.

Paper is a versatile material with many uses. Whilst the most common is for writing and printingupon, it is also widely
used as a packaging material, in many cleaning products, in a number of industrial and construction processes, and
occasionally as a food ingredient, particularly in Asian cultures.
 II. Scientists and Technologists
Famous Scientists Life Period Inventions
Archimedean principle, famous theory of buoyancy and many mathematical
Archimedes 287-212 BC and mechanical discoveries. You can read more in detail on Archimedes
inventions
Heinrich Hertz 1857-1894 Electromagnetic theory of light and electromagnetic waves.
Andre Marie Ampere 1775-1836 Unit of measurement to measure electric current
Avogadro's Law, that is, "equal volumes of different gases, pressure and
Amedeo Avogadro 1776-1856
temperature being equal, contain the same number of molecules".
Neils Hendrik David Bohr 1885-1962 Bohr Model of Atom
Johannes Gutenberg 398-1468 Letterpress printing press also known as mechanical printing press.
Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Theory of Relativity, photoelectric effect and lots more
Rudolf Diesel 1858-1913 Combustion engine.
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen 1845-1923 X-ray
Karl Friedrich von Drais 1785-1851 Bicycle
Peter Henlein 1479-1542 Pocket Watch
Ferdinand Verbiest 1623-1688 Verbiest invented the first ever car.
Graham Bell 1847-1922 Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone.
Philipp Reis 1834-1874 Reis is known for the early invention of telephone
John Logie Baird invented the television. You can read more oninvention of
John Logie Baird 1888-1946
television
Werner von Siemens 1816-1892 Dynamo
Hans von Ohain 1911-1998 Jet engine
Artur Fischer 1919 Fischertechnik
Felix Hoffmann 1868-1946 Aspirin
Hugo Junkers 1859-1935 Civilian avion
Otto Lilienthal 1848-1896 Gliding flights
Melitta Bentz 1873-1950 Coffee Filter
First 'working' computer. You can read more on the original idea of
Konrad Zuse 1910-1995
computers and also about Charles Babbage who invented the computer.
Gottlieb Daimler 1834-1900 Automobile and internal combustion machine
Isolation of Bacillus anthracis, tuberculosis bacteria and Vibrio cholerae.
Robert Koch 1843-1910
Also known for his Koch's postulates.
Karlheinz Brandenburg 1954 MP3 Technology
Heinrich Gobel 1818-1893 Incandescent light bulb
Samuel Hahnemann 1755-1843 Creation of alternative medicine practice called Homeopathy
Heinrich Focke 1890-1979 Helicopter
Levi Strauss 1829-1902 Jeans
Otto Hahn 1879-1968 Nuclear fission and known as the 'father of nuclear chemistry'.
Julius Lothar Meyer 1830-1895 First person to draw the periodic table of chemical elements
Emil Berliner 1851-1929 Record Player
Rudolf Hell 1901-2002 Formulated technology for Scanner and Fax
Fritz Pfleumer 1881-1945 Audio tape
Thomas Edison 1847-1931 Electric light bulb. You can read more on Thomas Edison inventions
Elias Howe 1819-1867 Sewing machine
Laszlo Jozsef Bíro 1899-1985 Ballpoint pen
Traffic signal, respiratory protective mask (gas mask), hair straightening
Garrett Augustus Morgan 1877-1963
preparation.
Samuel F. B. Morse 1791-1872 Telegraph invention
Percy Spencer 1894-1970 Microwave oven
Orville Wright, 1871-1948,
Airplane invention
Wilbur Wright 1867-1912
One of the founding fathers of America, Franklin is attributed to
Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790
have invented electricity