Technologies

Microscopes

Microscopy

• Microscopes were originally invented/discovered in 1590’s, by a man named Zacharias Jansen and his father, who found lining up several glass lens made a magnified image. These magnifying glasses were originally used for observing fleas and other small insects, but soon developed use in the medical field for observing bacteria, observing small things during a surgery, and many other varied uses.

VR Goggles

VR Technology

• VR technology has been used for quite a long while, all the way back to the early 1930s, where it was used as a "Flight Simulator", to train pilots for WWII.
• VR since has come a long way, now being used most notably as an entertainment device. However, VR technology is used in a variety of ways now.

Sources

• Microscope image- https://sites.google.com/a/ccsd.edu/mrs-grafstein-and-mrs-pinto-7th-grade-s...
• Microscope info- http://www.history-of-the-microscope.org/history-of-the-microscope-who-inve... http://microscopeinternationalcompany.weebly.com/blog/what-is-the-role-of-m... VR Goggles Image- https://phys.org/news/2013-03-virtual-reality-goggles.html
• VR Goggles Image- https://phys.org/news/2013-03-virtual-reality-goggles.html
• VR Goggles Info- http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html