Youd-be-surprised-how-far-that-gets-you..……….-Neil-deGrasse-Tyson
By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- In 1834 an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist Jacob Perkins made the first vapor compression system while a German professor Carl von Linde patented a new process for liquefying gases in the late 1800s.
- Thereafter there have been a lot of modifications to arrive at the refrigerators that we have today. Those who have money and are willing to lead quality lives eat left over food without having rotten purchase and make use of refrigerators as they are aware of their ability to preserve food helping them to retain their original form as at the time of storage.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you..………. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Walking is important thing, it not only helps to exercise several parts of the body keeping them fit but also utilizing energy necessary for maintaining good weight of the body. It is quite shocking that some people do it only when they get obese and doctors recommend gym or walking as a part of their daily routine. Among babies from around an age of 6 months they start crawling, stand up reinforcing themselves with objects around by 9th month thereafter make moves while still depending on available objects eventually move independently even before attaining an age of 2 years.
Some people who travel for long distances especially in arid and semiarid areas make use of donkeys and these help them not to get extremely tired when they reach their destinations.
Both walking and use of animals to travel are more of natural ways of travel as no modification is involved. Nothing manmade is required here.
Giovanni Fontana an Italian engineer in 1418 constructed a human-powered device consisting of four wheels and a loop of rope connected by gears, according to the International Bicycle Fund (IBF).
It was about 400 years later when Karl von Drais a German aristocrat and inventor worked on four-wheeled, human-powered vehicle only to come up with a two wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, commonly called a velocipede or hobby horse which he rode for 13 km in less than an hour.
It is what is referred to as a bicycle today and those who have and uses it can agree than it can help the rider to travel for long distances and carry more load compared to the one walking while carrying luggage on his back. Some riders use it as a sport.
On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz submitted the patent for a three-wheeled vehicle with gas engine known as Motorwagen to the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin, it created a sensation never seen before. It is the current day Mercedes Benz.
Those who use a car can attest that it has high speed compare to walking or riding a bicycle and it can help one to carry a heavier and bigger luggage than a person who is doing it on his back or carrying it by a bicycle.
In the three cases mentioned above technology in transport industry is helping to improve lives by easing way of doing things. All what is required for further improvement is continuous research and innovation.
Suppose someone gifts you with a bicycle if you do not train to ride you cannot use it unless someone carries you as with it the same case applies to an automobile. Knowledge of how these transport machines operate help improve the quantity and quality of transport as a car can carry several people all seated comfortable. In additional it can carry their luggage and help them to reach their destination without feeling tired.
There are those who use trains, aircrafts and ships. They are more advanced than those who use bicycles and cars. They can carry huge volumes of load. Constructing and operating all these equipments requires knowledge acquiring this knowledge is a process those ready to undergo it are the ones who take charge of these industries improving lives.
Once we prepare food we eat them until we feel full, at times there are some which are left then kept safe to be eaten later when we get hungry but you realise these food are prone to going bad due to them being perishable.
In 1748 a Scottish physician and Professor William Cullen observed and demonstrated the cooling effect of rapidly evaporating a liquid into gas though he did not came up with any refrigeration machine.
In 1834 an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist Jacob Perkins made the first vapor compression system while a German professor Carl von Linde patented a new process for liquefying gases in the late 1800s.
Thereafter there have been a lot of modifications to arrive at the refrigerators that we have today. Those who have money and are willing to lead quality lives eat left over food without having rotten purchase and make use of refrigerators as they are aware of their ability to preserve food helping them to retain their original form as at the time of storage.
Over time housing methods have kept improving helping people to reside in better places with more security, well controlled temperatures and good air circulation. Some has further improved them by including swimming pools so they can exercise their bodies while still in the housing through swimming.
One can be born a story teller but undergoing training whether formal or informal help in honing this skill increasing the impact. Being gifted alone is not enough; ability to share the skill you have and continuous training will bring a bigger impact thereby improving both the quality of your life as well as those of others.
There are more than a hundred million different books in the world and all of them share some kind of knowledge. More information remains unwritten either being narrated or taught verbally or learnt through observation. All over the world, no one lacks some form of knowledge. We need to be ready to share as well as to acquire this knowledge then utilise it to improve the lives of mankind.
Just imagine how research has helped people to discover cure for many diseases preventing illnesses and deaths with recent discovery of covid-19 vaccines helping people to resume to normal ways of living in the face of a highly contagious virus.
People like enjoying lives some talented musicians have played a huge role in entertaining people since time immemorial. There are those who develop music instruments to improve quality of music.
As a beneficiary of the many inventions and innovations that have helped to improve quality of life you owe mankind a duty of inventing or innovating something to further improve their lives. Play your role with the knowledge you have. This will help you alongside many other people to enjoy enhanced quality of life.
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