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| Thread ID: 113522 | 2010-10-24 00:46:00 | Social Studies assignment questions... | sahilcc7 (15483) | PC World Chat |
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| 1147201 | 2010-10-24 03:10:00 | Penguins. Youse guys ship penguins - right? Nope. We do ship Mutton Birds though. Hence our ship building skills. We want to get them to market real fast! |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1147202 | 2010-10-24 03:19:00 | Two often quoted products spring to mind that you could research: the Hamilton jet boat and Gallagher electric fences. Marmite doesn't qualify because Sanitarium got the recipe from Marmite Britain. Then messed it up |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1147203 | 2010-10-24 03:26:00 | If the product is TradeMe, then it was not an innovation, certainly not contributing to "World economy". Ebay for example preceded it by about 4 years. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1147204 | 2010-10-24 07:01:00 | Research William Soltau Davidson and the ship Dunedin The first to successfully transport frozen meat. You should be able to cover all four question with that topic. | Dally (6292) | ||
| 1147205 | 2010-10-24 08:04:00 | If the product is TradeMe, then it was not an innovation, certainly not contributing to "World economy". Ebay for example preceded it by about 4 years. Ebay started in Sept 1995. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1147206 | 2010-10-24 08:13:00 | Ebay started in Sept 1995. ........hence TradeMe in 1999 :clap |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1147207 | 2010-10-24 08:28:00 | The problem is, Trademe is mainly a second-hand website so it doesn't have much of an impact on GDP. Besides, Trademe isn't so much of an innovation. The founder, Sam Morgan, founded Trademe because there's a gap in the market. He didn't come up with the whole idea. |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 1147208 | 2010-10-24 08:45:00 | if you really wan't to be smarticle, go for Rutherfords atom splitting, paved the way for atomic scinece, wars explosions and mass murder, as one of the COD MW2 quotes states, "revenge is profitable" 1) An outline of how the idea or product contributed to NZ and World economy. fathered nuclear physics, pretty much shaped most of the world today en.wikipedia.org 2) What was the impact of the product on the industry? It won the war 3) How did the idea or product influence similar products within the industry? Beginning of products such as the H bomb that harnesed energy released from an atom split in order to create total and utter chaos 4) How did the innovation contribute to NZ's reputation internationally? we (Lord Ernest Rutherford) are currently responsible for discovering the technology behind the cold war and Chernobyl. NZ has a lot of sheep but that has nothing to do with nuclear physics nothing much, just a few ideas that would help you along the way. usually I put a bit of humor into my stuff where appropriate (and possible) but if its an NCEA exam don't waste your time, those 3hrs a VERY precious. good luck |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1147209 | 2010-10-24 09:07:00 | To be honest, TradeMe isn't really a product, I see it as more of a service. Would you call a real-life auction-house a product? Why not go for something big, well known, and totally kiwi, like the original research Rutherford done on splitting the atom (as mentioned above), or Impeller engines ('en.wikipedia.org), or the Callender-Hamilton-style ('en.wikipedia.org) bridge, or anything done by Colin Murdoch ('en.wikipedia.org) (tranquillizer guns, disposable hypodermic needles, and kid-safe pill bottles). The list goes on. Find one you like, it makes it easier to work with something when you like it. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1147210 | 2010-10-24 10:00:00 | Well we can all have wild guesses until we know what the product is can't we. Penicillin helped a lot. Some person actually invented a wheel at some time but I'm not sure when. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
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