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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bobboau on March 28, 2005, 08:12:47 am
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ok, I have to give a speach on the 1970s with a group, I am responsable for advances in science and technology, I need you to give me some ideas.
so do so now.
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Well, i'm feeling really lazy, so......with minimal effort;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s
[q]echnology
While personal computers did not become widespread in the developed world until the 1980s, rapid advances in consumer electronics began to impact the marketplace by the middle of the decade.
* Microprocessors are developed - used first in industrial applications and after that also in consumer products
* Pocket calculators make the slide rule obsolete
* Home computer revolution starts
* Video game arcades, and later, consoles, become popular
* Unix created along with C programming language
* Microsoft is founded (1975)
* Touch tone telephones begin to replace rotary dials
* Digital watches and clocks become available to consumers
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Science
Space exploration, both manned and unmanned, continued into the 1970s, with the realization of lunar and interplanetary missions and the launching of interstellar Pioneer spacecraft.
* Apollo voyages to the moon continue
* Viking missions to Mars
* Venera missions to Venus
* Voyager spacecraft launched to explore the outer solar system
* Skylab and Salyut space stations
* The Space Shuttle is developed (first launched in 1981).
* Homo ergaster discovered; Homo rudolfensis skull unearthed at Koobi Fora but identified as Homo habilis
* Discovery of the bottom quark; theory of quantum chromodynamics postulated to describe the strong interaction, one of the four fundamental forces of nature
* Southern blot genetics technique developed
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HTH
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Ummm How about realistic dialogue in anime. 1971's mazinger Z for example...
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People used to go out more.
Flared jeans were cool.
Having your interior painted brown and orange was not seen as demented.
Disco was King.
Cresta was 'Frothy Man!'
8-track tape player was *all* you needed in your car.
People protested against wearing helmets when riding motorcycles.
Black Power.
Dope was milder then - 'mellow out man'
Skirts went Mini, Midi, Maxi, and back to Mini.
Huge 'Progressive Rock' bands were formed, and played to massive audiences inside and open-air.
Hippies lived on communes.
'Afro' hair was cool.
Cool was cool.
People were excited by hovercraft.
Cars were poorly made.
The Unions were massively powerful.
The economy went nuts - inflation hit 25% or more.
The U.S.S.R. was still the enemy of the Free World.
Hmm, well that's all of my random 70's thoughts for now, hope it helps...
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hmm....Henry Kissinger invented AIDS, does that count?
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pete townshend experimented with synths
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Hmm...lemme think
- Energy crisis made people think about conserving energy/fuel for the first time
- All the NASA stuff posted by aldo....it was the golden age for NASA
- Apple awas founded 1976
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STAR WARS!