Significant Events in Society in Relation to Innovation in Technology

Looking back in the past, our ancestors had lived their lives in accordance to the availability of resources. However, as time passed by they realized that there is something lacking in their daily living. They have become curious to their surroundings. In addition, they have begun exploring the things around them. Their exploration had lead to new discoveries. Through explorations, they had tried to come across to answer their questions and find solutions to every problem.

Curiosity has become the major factor why man seeks for new things in life. It is just a simple word but had a huge effect to the society, to the mankind, to our way of living; from simplicity to a more advance living. Being curious to things around us is one trait that has been part of human personality. As we see things that are unusual to us we tend to find what it is, how it works and what its use is. It is because we are curious.

It is because of man’s curiosities that lead us to discover and to create something new. Something that is beneficial to us, to all. It has been the prime reason why there are innovations that are useful while some are distractive. In addition to these innovations that lead to one thing to another. It is for the reason that we are all curious to how to make our life improved and easy. It is because we are all curious to everything that surrounds us.

The discovery of one person will inspire the other to for new discovery. Or the limitation of the work of other will instigate the other to fill the inadequacy. All are in quest of for improvement, in quest of for new knowledge, in quest of for solutions to problems, in quest of for answers to every questions, in quest of for other ways to improve life, and make the impossible possible. Pushing to the ends of limitations of mankind and crossing the boundary of human intellect. Everything is for the sake of man’s curiosity, all for the sake of satisfaction in living and all for the sake of innovation.

The innovations of man had improved our life. The limits of our knowledge had expanded to a wider and bigger horizon. These innovations had its various starting point, with several of origins. The reasons are for uncovering the secrets of nature, of life, of earth, of universe. Along with come back in the company of answers to the questions from our curious minds. At the same time as others innovate for personal reasons and for personal interests.

As our ancestors continued to explore the earth they have arrive with various technologies. These technologies are used to uncover the things they are curious about. As they look up in the sky, they tend to ask their selves like what lies beyond the sky. In addition to their curiosity, what are the other things they could see in the universe? Just asking among themselves can’t help them arrive to answers to their questions. When Galileo Galilei used telescope for scientific observations of astronomical objects and discovered that there are four moons orbiting the Jupiter, resolved that the Milky Way Galaxy into countless stars, see dark spots on the Sun, and map the face of the Moon had lead to rapid rate of discoveries and insights in the history of astronomy. The development of telescope technology has become the giant leap forward in the 17th century however; on the other hand, early telescopes were not used for exploring the heavens but rather for military purposes. They used telescopes to detect approaching or advancing armies or ships (Villard, 2007).

This first approach made by Galileo had led other explorers to widen the horizon of knowledge. On the other hand, as scientists explore and used their discovered technology for scientific purposes others used these technologies for fighting, for war. They uses force to resolve things for the purpose of deciding questions at issue that cannot be settled by diplomatic means (Weiss et al., 2007).

Before the boom of scientific discoveries as the prime focus of mankind, it has been the war. By out lifting one another through the use of new discoveries in technology so that they can win against the other, their enemies. Humankind had wanted to create a strong, more explosive and more destructive weapons just for the sake of winning. It was from the history that powerful countries had wanted to expand their territories through invasion. Invading ones country would lead to war intended for protection, protecting their selves in opposition to the invaders. Or else the powerful countries would compete to among themselves of who could invade other countries the most or shall we taking more territory.

It is through war that mankind had discovered and created new technologies but on the other hand had its negative effects. It led to more creations of material destruction that means more lives lost. The most unforgettable event when we talked about war was the so called World War II. This has been the most devastating war in the history it is for the reason that it involves the commitment of a nation’s entire human resources as well as economic resources (Ziemke, 2007). It is because of war that led countries in creation of scientific and industrial projects like the development of atomic bombs.

The birth of war and the desire of some of self-interested man of war had brought the human race to the success unearthing and organization of technology. It also in war that cryptography as one of the most important mode of communication among them. They used cryptography to deliver important military tactics or military strategies against their enemies. The war may have been daunting but on the other side it forces us to create advance technology to protect ourselves and to outwit others.

War is just one of the most unforgettable yet one of the most significant events in the world’s history. However, putting that aside, their other events in relation to the birth of innovation of technology. Every night we could see the beautiful stars twinkling in the sky. And in the day we could feel the heat of the sun giving us warm as it touches our skin but what do we know what lies outside the earth. If we travel the space what do expect from it. What do we see? These are just some of the questions that came into the minds of our scientist in the past. After Galileo’s usage of telescope for astronomical studies, others had been enthused by this possibility creating bigger ones to arrive to more detailed information about the universe. However, it seems like it isn’t enough, mankind wanted more. It is because of man’s dissatisfaction and its curiosity that led man to space exploration. Not knowing what lies ahead outside the earth, not knowing what life like out there in the space.

To gain more understanding about space is through space exploration. It is the quest to use space travel to discover the nature of earth beyond earth since it has been the dream of mankind to leave their home planet and explore other worlds. This desire to explore the heavens is probably the as old as humankind. They had begun to launched the first artificial satellite and have begun venture into space even living aboard orbiting space stations for more than a year. These explorations have sparked the advances of new technologies, from rockets to communication equipments to computers. In addition to that space exploration had given mankind a new perspective on Earth and its neighbors in space (Chaikin, 2007).

If it is not because of man’s curiosity we would have been naïve still. It gave us courage to explore and expand our knowledge. Their have been several of events happened in the past that had help us innovate. As mankind deals with it personal desire we have always been dealing with diseases. We have suffered from back problems and tooth abscesses. Diseases have had a dramatic impact to the entire human history. These distressing epidemics of occurrence of infectious diseases had affected many people in a region at the same time that made people daunting to it and its effects (Sikorski and Peter, 2007).

The outbreaks of diseases had always been the cause of halt in man’s daily living, affecting every action and every event in our lives. Affected and had been affected by economic conditions, wars, and natural disasters. Just for example, it affects the course of military events, and changes the balance of power among different groups of people. In addition to that diseases have indeed had a huge impact to humans which far greater than any better-known calamities (Sikorski and Peter, 2007).

Diseases along with the other diseases had obliged mankind to look for possible cure. Seeking for ways to save human race before it is too late. With the available technologies had help doctors and other researchers to analyze the cause of the disease or an illness thus, gave them ideas for possible cure.

Their have been several events that may have happen in the past or may happen. The above mentioned situations are just one of them that led mankind to innovations more particularly in technology. It is either for personal interest or for the satisfaction of man’s curiosity that have led to our current situation. It either helpful or destructive on other way around it had helped us. In some way this events that have a huge mark to our history have given us the courage to explore more and learn more.

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