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Courtney Lewis TECH 1010 Professor Kim Wright June 8, 2018 Golden Record 1. Thoughtful description of major scientific breakthroughs you would include and why you feel they are relevant. An airplane is an aircraft that is self-propelled and has fixed wings, it is heavier than air but is capable of flying. Before the invention of the airplane the primary mode of transportation was an automobile. The invention of the airplane made it faster to travel over longer distances. Today, airplanes are common in everyday life to transport people for business, leisure, and military efforts as well as parcels and necessities all around the world in less than a day. Anesthesia is a drug that is used to lessen someone’s pain during a medical procedure. Today general anesthesia is used to put a person in an unconscious state during a length and very painful surgical procedure. Local anesthesia is used in dentistry and minor surgical procedures to allow the person to stay awake and comfortable during a procedure without the risks of general anesthesia. The invention of anesthesia allows people to have tests and surgical procedures that otherwise would be too painful, procedures that can prolong a person’s life and quality of life. Camera Obscura was the forerunner of the modern camera. It was an optical device used by artists to make quick sketches in the field. The principle of use of a pinhole in a window blind to form an inverted image of an outside scene on the opposite wall of dark room has been known for centuries, but in 1568, Venetian Daniel Barbaro replaced the pinhole with a converging lens. 2. Plausible description of how the information would be recorded (e.g., a record, still, or some other medium).

The information would be recorded by taking pictures of the different things and then being placed on the Golden Record. 3. How you would let other civilizations know how to retrieve the information from the device. I would let other civilizations know how to retrieve the information by creating a diagram. The diagram would have step by step pictures of what to do with the golden record. This would allow another civilization to copy the steps and know what to do with the golden record....