Invention Essays

The United States is built on the principle of individual liberty, stating that each of it’s citizens has the right to be free from unfair governement encroachment. It is time for the United States, as well as other developed nations, to expand this belief to places where people do not …

America has always been a nation in flux, but perhaps has never witnessed the volume of notable shifts it is positioned to experience between now and the coming 50 to 100 or 500 years. About one decade ago, the concept of digital currencies, fully electric and driverless cars, and deep …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the future. This technology continues to grow at an unprecedented rate and is more prevalent in our daily lives than ever. Amazon’s Alexa, driver assist, driverless cars, and computer algorithms are a few examples of how this innovative technology is quickly infiltrating society. There are concerns …

I recently took a trip 10 years into the future and saw the amazing things that we have invented. For example, there were these glasses called google glass and robots that do everything humans do. I believe that if we start working on it now, we could make people’s lives …

For this week’s discussion question, my case study is Herman Hollerith- an individual whose contribution to computing in early years is still impactful till date. In my research, he was a teacher; an inventor, a manager, and business man… variously called the father of information processing, the father of modern …

The flying car is both a mysterious and futuristic invention. When I first hear the words, “flying car” I think of the magical world of “Harry Potter”, or even the classic “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” which starred in 1968. The flying car has been dreamt by millions, for years and …

Imagine yourself being transported to the past, at a point right before the 20th century began. Forget any form of convenience you may be enjoying right now. It could be as trivial not having something to safely shave your facial hair with, not being able to toast your bread in …

A Comprehensive Review The Invention of Women by Oyeronke Oyewumi is a comprehensive look into the theory that gender is not a social category in all societies. Oyewumi’s study is concentrated in the Yoruba in western Nigeria.  According to Stony Brook University, where Oyewumi is a faculty member in the …

Can anyone think of two things that they cannot live without? Inventions surround us in our everyday life. Everything we do involves some sort of invention that would really be life altering if we didn’t have it in our daily routine. Two things that would be hard to live without …

Creativity, invention and innovation are not the same thing. Creativity is the ability to see or perceive the world in different ways and to make connections between things that may be unrelated or those that we previously thought were not connected resulting in a generation of solutions to problems. Cooper …