Exploring Inventions

By: Xander McRae

Colin Hallam


Common Invention:
Light Bulb
The light bulb was
invented in 1879.
Thomas Edison
invented it.

Light Bulb
The light bulb uses electricity to
conduct radiant energy.
The average light bulb now costs about
$10
The light bulb was created so we
didnt have to rely on candles.
Light Bulb
Materials
The light bulb is made of
a glass outer shell.
The inside has a filament
made from tungsten.
The tungsten is a small
wire that conduct the
electricity.
Light Bulb
Light Bulb
Challenges
Thomas Edison didnt have the
technology that we did to make the
bulb.
He was wrong many times on the
materials needed.
The materials to make the light bulb
was very expensive.
Similar products
Candles
Torches
The light bulb is safer than both of
these.
Light Bulb

Technology: Headphones
They were invented by
Nathaniel Baldwin

Headphones
It was invented in 1910.
The headphones have not
been replaced just upgraded
over the years.
It plays music when you plug
them into a technology
source. Everyday people buy
them.
Headphones
They average cost for a pair of
headphones is about $112
It was invented to let people listen
to music without other people
hearing it.
There are 100s of brands like
Beats, Sony, and Skullcandy.
Headphones
Headphones are
made from plastics
and foam to
comfort you head
and ears.
Inside the
headphones are
combinations of
metal compounds
to make the sound
needed.
Headphones
Many challenges they had were
If the headphones werent comfortable
enough.
The fact that it worked or not.
Were the cord should be.
The only things that would play music back
then were radios and musical instruments.
What was different from them was that only
you could hear the sound from headphones.
Headphones
Entertainment: Television
Philo Farnsworth invented the
television

Television
The TV was invented in sept. 9 1927
It was created to provide
entertainment with sound and pictures
Everyday people buy it
Television
The price range is any where from
$100-$2000
It was invented for entertainment
Its led up to better picture and sound
Television
There are bulbs, tuners, audio
components and plasma panels
The bulbs would go out to fast and the
antennas would break

Television
A radio and a computer monitor are
similar to the TV
A TV has picture, sound and channels
Television
Unusual: Robot Vacuum Cleaner
(Roomba)
Roomba
Helen Greiner Invented the
Roomba in 2002
It has been replaced by the
newer model Roomba 880
Roomba
Roomba
The Roomba vacuums houses at the
push of a button.
People that work a lot and dont have
time to vacuum would buy this.
The latest model costs about $700.
Roomba

It was invented to help
people that dont always
have time to vacuum.
Genghis and Arial were two
systems that led up to this.
The Roomba has the same
materials of a normal
vacuum such as many plastics
and metal wire.


Roomba
Some challenges that they faced are
Getting the vacuum to know were its
going
Finding the right materials
Making sure it does the job such as
vacuuming.
Similar products to this are the vacuum,
the Dirt Dog, and the Scooba.
It is the only self vacuum system.
Choice: computer
Charles Babbage
Computer
Computer
He invented it in 1622
Its searches, entertains and helps you
Computer
$300- $2000 is the average cost
It was invented to help people and
entertain them

Computer
Cpu, ram, mother load and more
The parts where expensive and the
speed of the computer


Computer
The TV and radio
It helps you, has sound and picture
References
www.bulbs.com/learning/history.aspx
http://www.inventions-handbook.com/21st-century-inventions.html
http://fortune.com/2013/11/29/the-history-of-the-roomba/
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/home/robotic-vacuum1.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computerbasics/5
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr8/issue1/f080103.html
http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/tfc-who_invented_what.html
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/tv-home-
theater/tvs/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000