Adam Lesser: the CPU chip

The Intel 8080 was invented in 1974 and was an 8-bit chip. That means 8 bit's of data can be transfered and held in there RAM at a time. Before The intel 8080 some chips were 4-bit chips making them slower. Now we have 32-bit chips and even faster, part of which make the CPU faster. Another issue is clock speed. There are many others, a lot less significant. Ten interesting facts about the microprocessor, the CPU Chip

1. A CPU is usually no more than .02 inches thick.
2. A CPU is usually no more than .2 inches wide.
3. Microprocessors come as 4-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit.
4. Can you guess the next ?-bit processor? Send e-mail to Adam_Lesser@noblesnet.org if you want the answer!
5. A microprocessor may have as many as several hundred thousand elements on a single chip.
6. A chip is actually layers of silicon formed in special ways to allow electricty through parts that have small strips of metal in them.
7. Microprocessors started to rellay be use by many home computers in the 70's and 80's.
8. The reason for today's computers being so small is because of minaturezation tech nology and advances in semiconductor technology.
9. A microprocessor has both RAM and ROM inside it.
10. The microprocessor in this computer is probably inexpensive to make and buy, it is all the other components of the computer you are really paying for.

Andrew Dulberg: the radio

The radio was invented in the year by an Italian named Guglielmo Marconi. Although Marconi is credited with being the first to make a radio, he took parts and ideas of it from another man before him. This was invented in Italy in the year 1895. Ten interesting facts about the radio:

1. The radio is a system of communication which uses electromagnetic waves moving through space.
2. Radio waves are identified by their frequency.
3. The history of the radio really began in 1873.
4. Guglielmo Marconi is credited with being the inventor of the radio although he took his ideas from previous scientists.
5. By 1905 many ships were using radio to communicate.
6. Marconi shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in physics for his work in the field of wireless telegraphy.
7. Amateur short-wave radio operators made the first transatlantic radio contact in 1921.
8. Major developments in radio communication technology after World War II helped make possible space exploration.
9. In the Apollo moon-landing missions from 1969 to 1972, sophisticated radio was on board.
10. The system used in the Apollo space craft sent voice signals of the astronauts around the world.

Brett Wood: the calculator

The calculator was invented in 1787 by an inventor who was truly very intelligent. His name was George Barnard Grant. He constructed this marvelous invention in Philadelphia. The one he built was extremely large because it was not a known fact how to store that much information in a smaller calculator. After that he continously built smaller and smaller calculators. He could not acheive the excellence of the ones we have today. I acquired this information from a book in the computer lab called The Making of the Micro.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz developed a very complex calculator. In 1679 he constructed a calculator that was faster and more efficient. Leibniz decided that the problem with previous ill constructed calculators was their weaknesses in multiplication and division. He knew a good calculator that would sell would take a long time to build. He solved the multiplication and division problem by making a new kind of multiplier wheel. This stepped wheel made the important advance of making multiplication a distinct operation. Later another inventor named George Barnard Grant followed up on Leibniz's invention and made improvements.

10 Interesting Facts About the Calculator

1. Right now one of the leading manufactures of high quality calculators is Casio!
2. The first decent calculator was constructed in 1679!
3. The inventor of the first calculator was Leibniz and his invention was improved later by George Barnhard Grant!
4. Calculators are continually being improved with new features such as exponents and negative numbers. These are huge improvements compared to how calculators used to be!
5. The first calculator was very large in order to compute large amounts of information!
6. George Barnhard Grant's calculator was constructed in Philadelphia!
7. The cost of a calculator is about $12!
8. Calculator's are about 4 inches by two inches!
9. Some of the first calculators made by Leibniz had a multiplyer wheel.
10. Calculators can be solar powered on electrically powered!

Chris Miller: the laser printer

I researched the laser printer.It was invented by IBM in 1970 in the U.S..It uses a beam of laser light and a system of optical components to etch images.Laser printers are fast,produce high-quality print,and can print graphics and a wide variety of type styles.

1. it was made in 1970
2. it was made by IBM
3. it was made in the continental us
4. it uses a beam of laser light and a system of optical components to etch images.
5. it prints in the form of fine patterns of dots.
6. the images are etched onto a photoconductor drum.
7. the laser printers are very fast.
8. they produce a very-high-quality print.
9. they can print graphics and a wide variety of typestyles.
10. they are very effective if you want a high quality high speed document.

David Balcom: the ENIAC computer

Here is the information on the ENIAC: The ENIAC was invented in 1946 by a team of students from the Moore School of the University of Pennsylvania led by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Jr. and stood for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. Information from The Hardware Bible by Winn L. Rosch Top ten facts about the ENIAC:

1. Had over 18,000 vacuum tubes in it.
2. The most complex vacuum-tube machine ever built.
3. Occupied a 50 by 30 foot room(1,500 square feet, about the size of a small house).
4. Weighed 30 tons.
5. Required 200 kilowatts of electricity.
6. Had a clock speed of 0.1 MHz.
7. Took 200 microseconds to do addition.
8. Took 2.6 milliseconds to do multiplication.
9. Could do 5,000 arithmetic operations per second.
10. Was designed to calculate ballistic trajectories.

Diana Nevins: the washing machine

The first mechanical washer was made in 1860 by Hamilton E. Smith of Philadelphia. An electric powered washing machine was invented in 1910, while the first automatic washing machine was invented in 1937. There are two types of washing amchines, agitator and tumbler. World Book Encyclopedia, World Book "Washing Machine" 1994 Diana Nevins washing machine (I deleted both second and third-SB) Top Ten Facts about the washing machine:

1. The first machanical washer was invented in 1860 by Hamilton E. Smith of Philadelphia
2. The first electric-powered washing machine was invented in 1910
3. The first automatic washing machine was invented in 1937
4. There are two types of washing machines, the first one is a agitator machine. Most washing machine are agitators. An agitator washing machine has a lid on the top of the machine. Inside the washing machien is a cone-shaped device called an agitator. It is in the center of the basket.
5. The second type of washing machine is called a tumbler machine. Laundry is loaded through a door on one of the sides of the machine. The basket circles, and the laundry tumbles through the machine.
6. Before the invention of the washing machine, people spent a long time doing their laundry by hand.
7. People would soak their laundry in water and then pound the laundry with rocks to get the dirt out.
8. Later, people scrubbed their laundry on washboards. Some people still do today.
9. Most washign amchines are automatic. A person would simply put in the laundry, put in the detergent, and then use the controla. The water enters the machine through hoses.
10. Automatic machines have an inner tub that is contained in another tub. The washing takes place in the inner tub, which is called the basket. After the laundry has been cleaned, it spins around in the tub. world book encyclopedia, world book "Washing machine" 1994

Jonathan O'Connor: the telescope

Johan Lipperhey is a spectical maker from Holland. He is generaly associated with the invention of the telescope in 1608. James Metius and Zacharias Jansen also got credit for it but Galileo from Italy and Simon Marius from Germany are the first to aply the telescope to astronomy. I got this from the Grolier's CD Rom Encyclopedia.

Here are my 10 facts about the telescope:

1. It was invented in 1608
2. it was invented by Johan Lipperhey
3. it was invented in Holland
4. one of the biggest is the Hubble
5. Galileo was the first to put it to use in astronomy
6. there are two types they are reflecting and refracting
7. the largest reflecting is the Hooker for Mt. Wilson Observatory
8. it is 100 in. and was made in 1917
9. the largest refracting is in Yerkes Observatory
10. it is 40 in and was made in 1897

Josh Raymond: remote control

The television remote control was invented in the United States. Since there was so many people contributed to it no one could take full credit. It was invented in the year of 1956. This is the fortieth anniversetry of the remote control. I got my information from Netscape. Josh Raymond

TEN FACTS ABOUT THE REMOTE CONTROL:

1. Invented in the U.S.
2. Invented in 1956
3. t.v. remote controls are celebrating their 40th year anniversary.
4. there are now remote controls that limit what kids watch on t.v.
5. futuristic homes can now be operated by remoted control
6. on average, remote controls are about 1/2 a pound.
7. it was invented by so many different people no one took credit.
8. you can now program your favorite channels right into them.
9. it created "The Couch Potatoe"
10. new words like "channel surfing" came out of this invention.

Josh Starr: the television

The television is an influential part of American life. Experiments contributing to its invention were made in the 19th century, but it took a long time to get far. The television we are familier with was not invented until 1923, and since the idea had been out for a long time, no single person is credited with the invention. It was invented in the U.S.A, mostly, and by the 1950's it was very popular here. I got my info from The World Book Encyclopedia 1991 and in class, I think from TimeLiner. Ten Facts for Television . . .

1. 89 million homes (97%) in the USA have at least one TV
2. 60% have two or more TV sets
3. There are 214 million sets in the USA altogether
4. A TV set is in use, in an average American home, 7 hours a day
5. Television comes from two Greek words, one meaning to see, the other far. Therefore, television means to see far.
6. The USA has 815 TV sets per 1000 people, 505 more than the closest competitor, Japan.
7. In the world, there are over 716 million TV sets
8. The telecine is the equipment that transfers pictures into TV signals
9. Between 1945 and 1960, the number of TV sets in the US went from 10,000 to 60 million
10. The first televised presidential debate was held in 1960 with Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

Kellen Benjamin: the airplane

1. The Bell-X was the first piloted aircraft the break the speed of sound.
2. The main stucurel parts of a modern aircraft consists of the wings, fuselage, tail surface, power plant and Undercarriage.
3. Modern aircrafts use jet propultion.
4. Older kinds of aircrafts used exposed propelers.
5. The first aircraft invented was made up of wood.
6. The first military Bomber was the Cabroni CA-4 made in Italy in 1915.
7. The first military Fighter was the Nieuport XVII in 1916 in france.
8. The military aircraft's original function was large-scale reconnaissance.
9. Mine-laying aircraft were used to inhibit enemy ship movements, and during World War II the airplane was also adapted to counter the magnetic mine by exploding it electronically in the water after locating it.
10. The most recent air craft made is the Stelth Bomber.

Kelley Inman: the dishwasher

The dishwasher was invented in 1889 by Mrs. W. A. Cockren in Indiana. It took longer to invent than the washing machine, but was inveted first. Different models were built for diffferent reasons, some for indudstrial use, some were even driven by steam engines, and some for home use. I don't know the book that I got the information out of but the page number is 386. I will try to find out the book. Kelley Inman

Top Ten Facts About the Dishwasher

1. invented before washing machine but took longer to invent
2. first dishwasher passed dirty dishs througha series of hot water sprays
3. invented in 1889
4. invented by Mrs. W. A. Cockren
5. invented in Indiana
6. many models, some for family use, industrial use, hotel use, some were even driven by steam engines
7. spray arms revlove during the cleaning process
8. some dishwashers have a delay feture
9. modern dishwasher opertae by water fucet or hose
10. There are two different types: staionary and mobile dishwashers, most people have mobile ones

Luke Wilson: the microscope

The Compound Microscope was invented by Zacharias Jansen. He invented it in 1590 in The Netherlands. His invention preceded the dual lense microscope which was invented in 1650 by another Dutch man. They both were Dutch merchants.

1. There are two kinds of microscopes, electron and light microscopes.
2. Light microscopes can yield magnifications up to 1500x.
3. Electron microscopes do not use lenses, but still they magnify things up to several times higher than light microscopes.
4. The two lenses needed in a Compound microscope (light) are the eypiece(concave) and the objective (convex).
5. Even though the microscope was around way before Galileo, he recieves all the credit for its invention.
6. Anton van Leeuwenhoek who was the inventor of the microscope was a Dutch Merchant.
7. Two companys are still around that were the first to market microscopes are the American Optical Company and Bausch and Lomb.
8. John Prince made the first american microscope in 1728.
9. There are three types of heads to hold the eyepieces-monocular, binocular, and triocular.
10. A 40x objective lense combined with a 10x eyepiece gives you a total magnification of 400x.

Mark Sawin: the lawnmower

The lawnmower was first invented in 1830 by Edwin Budding. However the first very successful lawnmower was built in 1895 by the Coldwell Lawnmowing Co. Before the lawnmower people relied on grazing sheep to keep their grass to a desirable height. The first lawnmower was much like a hand cylinder mower but cut about 19 inches at a time. Info from A Timeline of Inventions pg.36 I know that these ten facts really aren't interesting, but what is interesting about the lawnmower?

1. The lawnmower was invented in the US in 1895.
2. The first lawnmower was designed by Edward Budding,
3. The first lawnmower was built by the Coldwell Lawnmower Co.
4. Teel's dad got his toes cut off or hurt or something while he was mowing in Texas ( I hope I got that right ).
5. The lawnmower blade must be kept sharp or the grass will be killed.
6. The Electric or gas powered mower is without a doubt more popular among my penpals. I can understand why.
7. The gas powered mower does all of the work for you, however it is heavy and more expensive.
8. No encyclopedia recognizes Edward Budding or the Coldwell Lawnmower Co. It is pretty sad considering most of the nations rural population owns a lawnmower.
9. The lawnmower is used for the #1 under age 18 job in America. Haven't you ever mowed a lawn for some cash?
10. The lawnmower was incredibly important to Mr. Clifford when he was growing up as a boy; he is the head of the board of trustees at Nobles.

Meg Curley: the CD Player

The Compact Disk was invented in 1982 in Japan. The Japanese introduced it to Europe that same year and in 1983 it was introduced in America. A group of scientists worked together to make the c.d. which is a circular disk that stores coded information . The C.D. itself is only 2.5 inches across. (6.4 cm) Although the audio C.D was the first commercially succesful C.D., when most of us think of C.D.'s often we relate them to "Dave Mathews Band" or "The Crannberries". The way a C.D. works in a C.D. player is that when a c.d. is spinning a laser beam shines to the pit of the reflecter. The beam bounces of the aluminum coating and sends a mesage to a loud speaker or headphones to play! I hope that you have learned something about the c.d. -meg curley Info.- World book Encyclopedia, volume 4, Ci-Cz TOP TEN ON THE COMPACT DISK

1. Used to store Radio stereophonic sounds
2. C.D. ROM was invented by Multi Media
3. Better than Tapes because they last longer and they enable a person to go toany part of the c.d. quickly
4. Compact Disks can work with stereo's and speakers
5. C.D.'s are mostly used for music other than information
6. THe pit of the C.d. represents the digital Code
7. C.D. roms are used and played in the smae way as actual C.D. player
8. CD roms can be used to play music
9. CD'S are coated with metal usually aluminum
10. CD's have only one playing side

Nick Chu: the submarine

The first Submersible vessel was invented by Cornellis Drebbel, court engineer to King James the first, of England, on the Thames river in 1620. It submerged by letting water into it's hollow hull, and moved using oars sealed by airtight gaskets. To surface, it pumped all the water out. The first mechanically propelled submarine was the TURTLE, a wooden sub invented by David Bushnell in America. It used hand and foot cranked prpellers, and was first used in 1776. It had an explosive charge that, in theary, could be attatched to the hull of an enemy ship using a detatchable auger. The first Nuclear powered submarine was invented in 1954 by the U.S. Navy. Called the Nautilus, it resembled a conventional sub, but it had much greater range, making it a formidable weapon. * NOTE: ALL INFORMATION FROM "THE NEW GROLIER MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA", RELEASE 6 These are ten interesting facts about the Submarine.

1. The first war submarines were used in the Civil War.
2. Nuclear Subs are capable of traveling much longer distances without refueling than engine powered subs.
3. The first Sub, invented by Cornelis Drebbel, submerged by letting water into it's hull.
4. The first sub was invented in 1620.
5. The second major advancement in Submarines was the Turtle, which was powered by hand and foot cranked propellers.
6. The Submarines used in the civil war had an explosive charge attatched to them, which could be attatched to another ship through an arm-type mechanism.
7. The first submarine was propelled by oars.
8. The fist neuclear Sub was called the U.S.S. Nautilus.
9. The second fleet of war Subs was deployed by the Russians.
10. Cornelis Drebbel, inventor of the first Sub, was court engineer to the Queen of England

Raymond Lam: the space shuttle

President Nixon gave the O.K. in 1972 for the making of the Space Shuttle. The principal contractor was the North American Rockwell Corp. It was completed in the U.S.A. The after the test flights were completed, the first real flights started in 1982. The Space Shuttle consists with three main parts, the solid fuel tank, the boosters, and the orbiter.Two minutes after takeoff, the boosters are detached from the fuel tank and parachutes are deployed. Eight minutes after takeoff, the fuel tank drops off. Shortly after, the orbiter goes into orbit. This information was obtained from the CD-ROM, MS Bookshelf, made by the Microsoft Corp.

1. The Space Shuttle was given the O.K. for production in 1972.
2. The Space Shuttle was made by the North American Rockwell Corp.
3. The Space Shuttle was made in the U.S.A.
4. The orbiter uses liquid fuel.
5. The orbiter lands like a plane. It does not splashdown like older rockets.
6. What actually puts the orbiter into the space are two rocket boosters and a big solid fuel tank.
7. The rockets and the solid fuel tank detach from the orbiter before they go into space.
8. The solid fuel is a type of plastic.
9. The down side of solid fuel rockets is that one they are turned on, they cannot be turned off.
10. If a Shuttle has to travel from one place to another, the orbiter rides on a Boeing 747.

Teel Lassiter: the modem

Ten Facts The modem was invented in 1963 by Tomas Marill and Dan Edward for the company BB&N in Cambridge,Ma. The modem is an acornim for modulator demodulator. The modem connects to the telephone to let you to many things including: A.O.L. , Internet and of course Nobles Net! The modem lets you communicate with other computers.

1. The modem was invented by a company named BBN.
2. The company BBN is located in Cambrige, MA.
3. Computer Viruses are transfured through modems.
4. There are many browsers such as AOL, Netscape and NoblesNet.
5. The documents created on browsers are created in html.
6. Pictures are created in JPEG.
7. Modems are either instaled either inside the computer or outside.
8. There is one type of connection of modem lines is called Daisy Chain.
9. The other is called Star network.
10. Modem stands for MOdulator DEModulator.

Tim Sheridan: the microphone

The topic that I researched was the microphone. The microphone was invented in the United States by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. This was the same year Alexander Graham Bell constructed his telephone transmitter. I got this information from the Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia.

Warren Boinay: the helicopter

The helicopter was invented in 1935 by Rene Doland and Louis Bruget. Althought the first desighn was made by Leonardo DiVinchy.The first helicopter made in America was made by Skvinsky. Info from Groiliers Encyclopedia