Inventorsarealwayslookingforwaystomakeourliveseasiergreenerandmorefun.Herearejustafewexamplesofinventions.
CrayonswereinventedbyEdwinBinneyandC.HaroldSmith.TheyhadapaintcompanyinNewYorkCity.Thenewcrayonsweremadeofwax(蜡)anddifferentpigments(颜料).In1903BinneyandSmithputthefirstboxofeight“CrayolaCrayons”onthemarket.Thesenewcrayonswereagreatsuccess.
Remotecontroltechnology(遥控技术)hasbeenusedsincetheearly1930s.DuringWorldWar1Germansusedremotecontrolboats.TheTVremotecontrolwasfirstputonthemarketin1950.ZenithRadioCompanycreatedthefirstTVremotecontrolcalledthe“lazyBone”.ItcouldturntheTVonandoffandcouldchangeprograms.
BowLingual(犬语翻译机),namedbytheUS
TimeMagazineasa“BESTinventionof2002”,
hastwoparts.Amicrophoneistiedtothedog’sneckandsendsoutsoundinformationtothegadget(小挂件)heldbytheowner.Thenthetranslationisdoneinthegadgetwithkindsofdogbarks.
SomestudentsinSouthKoreahaveanewlanguageteacher:anrobotofEnglish-teaching:Therobotis157cmtallandspeaksbothKoreaandEnglish.Itcanmake16kindsoffaces.Therobot-teachersarehelpingtosolveashortageofEnglishteachersthere.Couldrobotsreplacehumanteachersoneday?
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