Innovation Day: Innovations that Changed the World

Innovation is the primary element for success for firms or countries because it is the new knowledge that propels them toward success! Innovation day is on 15 February, and to find out more about this event, read the following article.   

What is Innovation Day? 

Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. Innovation day was created by The Science History Institute and the Society of Chemical Industry to appreciate the efforts of those inventors who are bringing innovation and change in the field of science and technology. In addition, to inspire young inventors to share their ideas loudly with the world, so they get a chance to be experimental and inventive in their fields of interest.  

How to Celebrate Innovation Day? 

• Make a competition at school or work for the best innovative idea to improve or solve something.   

• Read a book about innovation.  

• Make a video to share on social media about the most famous inventions that changed the world.  

• Get inspired by reading the history of inventors, for example, Edison, who invented the electric lamp. 

Innovations that Changed the World  

Our lives would not be the same without these inventions, here are the top innovations that changed the world, and the year of inventing it:  

• Light Bulb - 1879 in the USA   

• Weel - 3500 B.C  

• Nail- 3,400 B.C. in Ancient Egypt.  

• Compass- between the 2nd Century B.C. and 1st Century A.D. in China.  

• Printing Press - between 1440 and 1450 in Germany.  

• internal combustion engine – 1823 in London   

• Electric Telephone – 1876 in Scotland  

• Penicillin – 1928 Scotland  

• The Internet – 1989 in the USA   

• World Wide Web – 1991 in the USA  

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