2008 APTERA ELECTRIC CAR

You don't see many of these cars out in the market, or even in the streets just yet, but i have a feeling that it will be a very popular car very soon. It has already been placed in the market in California; before you know it, it'll be the most popular, inexpensive and efficient car. This new technological invention of 2008, is just amazing and is said to be between the price range of 20 to 25 thousand dollars.It is a three wheeled car reportedly gets 230MPG, it also has a cruising speed of 55MPH. Click the link below to watch a brief video of this new trendy car! I think you'll be as stunned as I was.

http://en.sevenload.com/videos/78pLqnq-090318-Apteras-Electric-Car

Microchip- Energy Consumption

"Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Texas Instruments Company have discovered a way to significantly decrease microchip energy consumption to one tenth of the current rates. This reduction in power consumption translates into longer battery life for portable devices, such as mobile phones and hand held computers, and may enable devices to operate on electricity produced using relatively low power sources, such as body heat or movement".

Click the link below to read the full article.
http://thefutureofthings.com/news/1149/mit-team-develops-energy-efficient-microchip.html

The Present Technology

I hope you all enjoyed this past portion of our technology research. Now we will post a massive ammount of blogs, researched by us, The Sparks, as we post more pictures, videos and articles of this present technology.

Amazaing how far technology has come, what it has done to our world and how it has affected our society in EVERY way! We hope you will enjoy this present portion of our blog as much as you enjoyed our past portion

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Toilets Through Time

The toilet is an invention that most of us could not live without. Imagine going back to the middle ages and using a chamber pot to relieve yourself and then dumping it into the streets when you filled the pot. Eww! The toilet was invented by Sir John Harrington for Queen Elizabeth I in 1596. It was a rudimentary design that has advanced greatly through the ages. In 1775 Alexander Cummings was given the first patent for the flushing toilet. The toilet really took off in the 1800's when people realized that poor sanitary conditions were causing many health and environmental problems. The Tremont Hotel of Boston was the first hotel to have indoor plumbing and eight water closets. This was tremendous seeing as only the wealthy could afford indoor plumbing. By 1910 the toilet was changed from the elevated water tank to the closed tank and bowl that we all know and love.

http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=inventors&cdn=money&tm=383&gps=139_30_1259_642&f=00&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.masterplumbers.com/plumbviews/1999/toilet_tribute.asp

http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Plumbing_3.htm

Car Safety

Airbags have become a requirement for all newer cars but this wasn't always the case. In simple terms the airbag is a gas-inflated cushion built into the steering wheel, dashboard, door, roof, or seat of a car that uses a crash sensor to trigger the release and expansion of the bag to protech you from the impact of an accident. Allen Breed was a major player in airbag technology. He was the patent holder to the only crash sensing technology available at the birth of the airbag industry in 1968. Early airbag patents go back to the early 1950s yet they couldn't seem to take off until Breed's "sensor and safety system" was introduced. In 1971, the Ford car company built an experimental airbag fleet and in 1973 GM tested airbags on the 1973 Chevrolet model. The Oldsmobile Toronado was the first car with a passanger airbag intended for sale to the public. From this point on airbags became an option for most cars and in 1998 became mandatory.

http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/air_bags.htm

Firearms in China

Firearms are an important piece of machinery to most Americans. Throughout history guns have been a major part of warfare and day to day life. But where did they start? The first direct ancestor of the firearm is the fire-lance created by the Chinese. It was a tube filled with gunpowder and sometimes shrapnel, and attached to the end of a spear. This "gun" was used as a flamethrower during the siege of De'an in 1132. From this first gun improvements and adjustments were made as it traveled through the Middle East and finally landed in the West. Over the years they have changed shape and been improved yet the general idea has remained the same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_firearms

The First Steam Engine

Steam engines are a technological advancement that has made our lives indeffinately easier and it all started with one man. In 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. He had been working on the problem of removing water out of coal mines. Savery's machine was a closed vessel filled with water into which steam under pressure was introduced. The steam forced that water upward and out of the mine shaft, and then a cold water sprinkler was introduced to condense the steam. This process created a vacuum which sucked more water out of the mine shaft through a bottom valve. This invention revolutionized the modern world with the introduction of the first locomotive and later the steam boat.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsteamengine.htm