Movers & Shakers: Inventions during Industrial Revolution How does technology improve people’s lives?

Movers & Shakers:Movers & Shakers:Inventions during Industrial RevolutionInventions during Industrial Revolution

How does technology improve people’s lives?

Henry Bessemer

Steel production (1855)

Impact – easier, faster to make steel

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Thomas Edison George Eastman

Light Bulb (1879)

Phonograph (1878)

Motion Pictures (1888) Impact – Reliable source of light, mass entertainment

Roll Film/Camera (1888)

Impact – Able to easily take pictures (photographs)

EVERYDAY LIFE & ENTERTAINMENT

Alexander Graham Bell

Impact - transmit voice over wires, long distance communication

Telephone (1876)

Samuel Morse

Telegraph (1832)

Impact - transmit sound over wires

COMMUNICATION

Guglielmo Marconi

Radio (1902)

Impact - Provided wireless communication

Cyrus FieldTransatlantic Cable (1858)

Impact – Communication across the Atlantic

Henry FordAutomobile Assembly Line & the Model T (1908)

Impact - Assembly line production made cars affordable

The Wright BrothersThe Airplane (1903)

Impact - Improved mobility & started aircraft industry

TRANSPORTATION

Louis Pasteur

Impact - Reduced infection, preserved food

Pasteurization (1862)

Joseph ListerAntiseptics (1867)

Impact - Higher survival rate in surgery

IMPROVING HEALTH

Charles Darwin

Impact – controversy, conflicts with religious teachings

Theory of Evolution (1859)

Pavlov & Freud

Studies in Psychology (1800s) Impact – better understanding of how mind works

EDUCATIONAL IDEAS

Other Inventions/Ideas Alessandro Volta (Battery) Joseph Cugnot/Karl Benz (Automobile) Robert Fulton (Steamboat) Gregor Mendel (Genetic Laws) John Dalton (Atom Theory)