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needle telegraphs 137 pollution 62
neon lights 182–183 polonium 227
networks, global 175 polystyrene 63
Newcomen, Thomas 52 polythene 62
New Horizons probe 287 portable televisions 165
Newton, Isaac 254 postal services 166
Nintendo 210, 211 postcards 166
Nobel, Alfred 50–51 Post-it notes 73
nonstick pans 195 potter’s wheels 12
noodles, instant 199 power looms 53
norias 22–23 power plants 181
nuclear power 57 power stations 57
nuclear submarines 113 prayer wheels 13
nuclear vessels 106 press cameras 158
nylon 63, 219 printing 32–33, 35, 74–75, 166
production lines, smart 54–55
O programming languages 171
matchlock firearms 30 offices 72–73 propellers 106, 107, 120 INDEX
Matzeliger, Jan Ernst 290 oil, crude 56 prostheses 248–249
mechanical devices, early 22–25 OLED televisions 165 public transport 100–101
medicine 222–249 ophthalmoscopes 228 pulleys 20
Menlo Park 186 optical fiber cables 265
“men o’ war” 104 oracle bone script 34 Q
Mercury program 274 oral vaccinations 243 qanats 11
metal tools 9 orbits, satellite 260, 261 quadrants 110
Method-2 robot 80–81 Orion spacecraft 273 querns 24
microchips 283 Otis, Elisha 49, 291 quill pens 35
micrometers 42 outdoor clothing 219
microphones 204 R
microprocessors 171 P rabies 244, 245
microscopes 234–235 pacemakers 248 racing bikes 85
microwave ovens 195 painkillers 232 radar 111
military radios 152 paper 35, 166 radar satellites 263
military robots 77, 78 papyrus 34 radio 150–153, 264
military rockets 270 parking sensors 93 radioactivity 227
mills, textile 23, 52, 53 Pasteur, Louis 234, 235, 242, Radioisotope Thermal Generators (RTGs) 284
Mir space station 277, 279 244–245 radio telescopes 254
Model T 92–93, 96–97 pasteurization 244 radio waves 111, 150–151, 209, 225, 254,
mold 240–241 Pen-y-Darren 126 263, 264
money 66, 67, 68–69 pencil sharpeners 72 radium 227
monorail, suspended 130–131 Penicillin 241 railroads 126–133, 138
Montagu, John 290–291 pens 35, 166 Rausing, Ruben 291
moon 258, 273, 275, 280, 284 percussion caps 31 razors 214, 215
Morse Code 136, 137, 151 personal computers (PCs) 171, reaping machines 46
motorbuses 100 172–173 recorded music 204–205
motorcycles 90–91 personal hygiene 214–215, 278 records 206
mountain bicycles 87 pesticides 45, 47 recumbent bicycles 87
mouse, computer 171 pets, robotic 78 reflective jackets 85
movable type 32 Philae lander 287 reflector telescopes 252, 253, 254
movie cameras 160–161 Phillips screwdrivers 43
MP3s 207 phonographs 187, 204, 206
MRI scanners 225 photography 156–159, 252
multispectral imaging 262 pinhole cameras 156
multitrack recording 205 pistons 93
music 204–207 plants, in space 279
plasters, sticking 237
N plastics 62–63
nail polish 214 Playstation 211
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space plows 11
Administration) 261, 262, 264, 269, 271, Pluto 287
273, 274, 276, 277, 280–287 pocket cameras 158
navigation 16, 17, 110–111, 264, 265 podcars 101
navigational chariot 36 Polaroid cameras 159
NEAR-Shoemaker probe 286 polar orbits 261, 263
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