The realistic dream of spaceflight dated back to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, however Tsiolkovsky wrote in Russian, and this was not widely influential outside Russia. Spaceflight became an engineering pos ...
Started with the invention of Santos Dummont, Brazilian born scientist, who created the 14BIS and the very first motor powered airplanes in the world . Humanity's desire to fly likely dates to the fir ...
The history of rail transportation dates back nearly 500 years, and includes systems with man or horse power and rails of wood (or occasionally stone). This was usually for moving coal from the mine d ...
In the stone ages primitive boats developed to permit navigation of rivers and for fishing in rivers and off the coast. It has been argued that boats suitable for a significant sea crossing were neces ...
The first earth tracks were created by humans carrying goods and often followed game trails. Tracks would be naturally created at points of high traffic density. As animals were domesticated, horses, ...
Sensors and communication systems are used to detect enemies, coordinate movements of armed forces and guide weaponry.RadarMissile guidanceGPS guidance in guidance weapons
Military robots are autonomous and remote-controlled robots, or robotically enhanced systems designed for military applications.Powered exoskeletonsBomb disposal robotsUnmanned ground vehiclesUnmanned ...
Military vehicles are land combat or transportation vehicles, excluding rail-based, which are designed for or in significant use by military forces.List of military vehiclesList of armoured fighting v ...
Military technology is the collection of equipment, vehicles, structures and communication systems that are designed for use in warfare. It comprises the kinds of technology that are distinctly milita ...
Cardiac surgery was revolutionized in the late 1940s, as open-heart surgery was introduced.In 1954 Joseph Murray, J. Hartwell Harrison and others accomplished the first kidney transplantation. Transpl ...
The World Health Organization was founded in 1948 as a United Nations agency to improve global health. In most of the world, life expectancy has improved since then, and was about 67 years as of 2010, ...
First World WarThe ABO blood group system was discovered in 1901, and the Rhesus group in 1937, facilitating blood transfusion.During the 20th century, large-scale wars were attended with medics and m ...
Until the nineteenth century, the care of the insane was largely a communal and family responsibility rather than a medical one. The vast majority of the mentally ill were treated in domestic contexts ...
European ideas of modern medicine were spread widely through the world by medical missionaries, and the dissemination of textbooks. Japanese elites enthusiastically embraced Western medicine after the ...
