世界上第一个触屏电话不是苹果发明的-现代技术常常可以在历史找到“原始形态”
在技术发展史上人类是互相学习互相启发青出于蓝胜于蓝。有的发明可以独立产生。很多发明可以凭直觉产生。现代技术常常可以在历史找到“原始形态”
很多人以为苹果第一个将触屏用于电话。实际上IBM才是：
https://mashable.com/2012/11/09/touchscreen-history/#3VuhyKBcpsqd
“The IBM Simon was the first phone with a touchscreen in 1992 — it’s also referred as the first “smartphone,” though the term was not yet coined. A few competitors came out in the early '90s, but most mobile devices with touchscreens were more like PDAs”。
现在手机界面上显示对应于应用的icon。它的应用是click一下打开对应的应用。这是很直观的设计。就像打开门进入一个房间一样。
再看看火箭。中国很早之前就有了。中国的火箭是世界上最早出现的火箭：
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rockets
“The first rockets were used as propulsion systems for arrows, and may have appeared as early as the 10th century Song dynasty China. However more solid documentary evidence does not appear until the 13th century. The technology probably spread across Eurasia in the wake of the Mongol invasions of the mid-13th century. Usage of rockets as weapons before modern rocketry is attested in China, Korea, Indian subcontinent, and Europe. One of the first recorded rocket launchers is the "wasp nest" fire arrow launcher produced by the Ming dynasty in 1380. In Europe rockets were also used in the same year at the Battle of Chioggia. The Joseon kingdom of Korea used a type of mobile multiple rocket launcher known as the "Munjong Hwacha" by 1451. Iron-cased rockets, known as Mysorean rockets, were developed in Kingdom of Mysore by the mid 18th century in India,[1] and were later copied by the British. The later models and improvements were known as the Congreve rocket and used in the Napoleonic Wars.
Use of liquid propellants instead of gunpowder greatly improved the effectiveness of rocket artillery in World War I, and opened up the possibility of manned spaceflight after 1918.”
现代有中继方法传递数据比如中继卫星。中国古代有烽火台接力传递消息。
