The 10 greatest machines in human history

Steam chillers, Heinkel HeS 3, IMP, Ford Model T . are the machines that have really made a breakthrough in human history.

Precursor of the Internet

IMP - the interface message processor is the machine used by Leonard Kleinrock and his team to send the first message to a computer using the ARPANET time-sharing computer network on October 29 / 1969. This is considered the beginning of the Internet today.

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First jet engine

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Heinkel HeS 3 is the first jet engine to power an aircraft called Heinkel He 178. Heinkel HeS 3 was designed by Hans von Ohain.

Robot Curiosity

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Curiosity, the official name of "Mars Science Laboratory" is the largest and most modern exploration vehicle in human history that ever landed on the surface of another planet. As the name implies, this machine is actually a wheel lab. On August 6, 2012, Curiosity landed on the Red Planet and traveled a total of 17 km.

Ford Model T

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The first Ford Model T was completed on September 27, 1908 and is considered to be the model that contributed much to the history of the automotive industry. By 1929, there were nearly 15 million Model Ts delivered to customers. Model T has helped change the way American people live, work and play.

Chiller uses steam

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The first US patent on the method of making artificial tape was awarded to Dr. John Gorrie's invention. This invention paved the way for the commercialization of refrigerators and the way people store and transport food.

Supercomputer ENIAC

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This is the first supercomputer in the world, it weighs 80 tons and occupies a floor area of ​​167 m2. Built to solve large-scale arithmetic problems, ENIAC can perform orbital calculations and of course, compared to manual calculations, it gives much faster results. ENIAC is also considered to be one of the first data storage centers created.

CT scanner

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The first computerized tomography computer used in medicine and digitized into a computerized tomography image created by biomedical engineer Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield in 1971. With this CT scanner, doctors Doctors can look inside a person's body without surgery. The advent of CT scanners has helped revolutionize medical care.

Wind turbine

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The first person to invent wind turbines that could generate electricity was Scottish engineer James Blyth but the first person to implement it was Charles Brush. In 1888, Charles Brush created an automatic power-generating wind turbine (15 meters in diameter, including 144 cedarwood blades) in the backyard of the mansion in Cleveland. can generate about 1,200 watts of electricity, providing enough energy for 100 incandescent light bulbs.

Hubble Space Telescope

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This is the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched. According to the US Space Agency (NASA), since the Galileo telescope was born, Hubble is the most important advancement in astronomy. Hubble has helped us better understand what is happening in the vast universe as stars are formed, the universe is not only expanding but also accelerating .

Gutenberg printing method

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In 1450, Julian Gutenberg officially began manufacturing a variable-type metal printer in the city of Mainz in Germany. Gutenberg's printers revolutionized books, reducing printing costs, making education easier for doctors and magazines.

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