Invention
A
popular invention was the ipod. The ipod revolutionized technology by being able
to but hundreds of songs on a single device. Among
the iPod's innovations were its small size, achieved using a 1.8" hard drive,
whereas its competitors were using 2.5" hard drives at the time, and its
easy-to-use navigation, which was controlled using a mechanical scroll wheel, a
center select button, and 4 auxiliary buttons around the wheel, and it costed
400$.
Scientific
Advancements
A
big scientific advancement was the Human
Genome Project The
Human Genome Project began attempting to map all 20,000 genes in the human
genome in 1990, but the project was completed in 2000. According to ABC News'
Top 10 Medical Advances of the
Decade, in 2001, the organization released all 20,000 human genes to the
Internet for public consumption. In 2003 researchers released a final copy of
the genome sequencing, and in 2007 they published further updates. Dr. Francis
Collins, then-director of the Human Genome Project, stated that "it's one of the
major landmarks that rank up there with going to the moon." Since the
completion of the mapping of the human genome, Dr. Collins has been named
Director of the National Institutes of Health.
A
popular invention was the ipod. The ipod revolutionized technology by being able
to but hundreds of songs on a single device. Among
the iPod's innovations were its small size, achieved using a 1.8" hard drive,
whereas its competitors were using 2.5" hard drives at the time, and its
easy-to-use navigation, which was controlled using a mechanical scroll wheel, a
center select button, and 4 auxiliary buttons around the wheel, and it costed
400$.
Scientific
Advancements
A
big scientific advancement was the Human
Genome Project The
Human Genome Project began attempting to map all 20,000 genes in the human
genome in 1990, but the project was completed in 2000. According to ABC News'
Top 10 Medical Advances of the
Decade, in 2001, the organization released all 20,000 human genes to the
Internet for public consumption. In 2003 researchers released a final copy of
the genome sequencing, and in 2007 they published further updates. Dr. Francis
Collins, then-director of the Human Genome Project, stated that "it's one of the
major landmarks that rank up there with going to the moon." Since the
completion of the mapping of the human genome, Dr. Collins has been named
Director of the National Institutes of Health.