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TECHNOLOGY- WHOM DO WE OWE IT TO
"Every once in a while, a new technology, and For anyone who has read Steve Jobs’s biography,
an old problem and a big idea can turn into an would not be surprised why it was made into a
innovation." - Dean Kamen successful movie. Who would have thought that
Each time we ponder upon the topic- Breaking the person who created a company out of no-
the Ice, we try to think of women who have tried where was thrown out of it just when the company
to do something extra ordinary. But is that only was reaching its’ pinnacle of success. He bounced
extraordinary? When someone things out of the back to deliver the world’s smartest and most
box irrespective of the gender such that their innovative personal computing solutions. It is
contributions can change the face of mankind for true when people say the “Innovation at APPLE
generations to come, how would you trace that was Steve’s JOB”.
achievement. The military network in the US that led to the
Needless to say, there are several such names who invention of Internet (as we know it today)
revamped the world with their intellectual minds, was only another media of information, till the
but a few such names who revamped the world innovative minds of Larry Page and Sergey Brin
with their intellectual thoughts and who seem to revolutionised the way Internet works. From being
inspire me today are Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and our a one-way medium to becoming a collaborative
very contemporary – Larry Page. platform, Internet owes most of it’s development
and enhancements to these young scientists,
Who could tell that when William Henry Gates who in their lifetime have brought mankind to the
introduced Windows in 1985, this graphical verge to technical excellence. Today there is no
user interface based operating system, would field (whether hi-tech or everyday science) where
open all doors and windows of technological Google has failed to innovate.
advancements for the world. This new thought
revolutionised the way people would use It is only fair to say that it was these brilliant minds
computers which has today become a house- who have innovated the way the world innovates
hold commodity. today
Tanya Jain, IX-B
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