IMPORTANT INVENTIONS IN THE YEAR
2000

 

TECHNO-DURHAM

 

STEREOS

BEFORE STEREOS PEOPLE HAD TO GO OUT TO LISTEN TO MUSIC. THAT REQUIRED WALKING AND GOING OUT IN THE PUBLIC. STEREOS ARE CHEAPER NOW THAN VICTROLAS WERE. PEOPLE USED ENERGY BECAUSE THEY HAD TO CRANK THE VICTROLA, BUT NOW YOU CAN USE REMOTE CONTROLS.

STEREOS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO STAY AT HOME AND LISTEN TO MUSIC BY YOURSELF. WITH STEREOS YOU CAN LISTEN TO MUSIC ANYWHERE. YOU CAN LISTEN TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MUSIC IN ONE SETTING.

OUR LINKS

 

Links to Techno-Durham pages

 Before there was technology in Durham
 Field trips
 Bios of the Techno-Durham team
 Techno-Durham home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

STEREOS AT CIRCUIT CITY

PICTURE BY IVAN

PLAYSTATION

BEFORE THE PLAYSTATION THERE WAS ATARI, NINTENDO, SUPER NINTENDO, SEGA 16 BIT, SEGA 32 BIT, HIDE AND SEEK, GAMEBOY, NEOGEO, SEGA SATURN, AND NINTENDO 64. WITH THESE VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS YOU CAN PLAY BY YOURSELF AND WITH SOME FRIENDS.

WHAT IS A PLAYSTATION 2000? A PLAYSTATION IS A VIDEO GAME SYSTEM THAT USES THE TECHNOLOGY OF GAMES STORED ON A CD. ON THE PLAYSTATION 2000 YOU CAN VIEW DVD'S.

PLAYSTATION 2000 DEMO AT CIRCUIT CITY

PICTURE BY IVAN

 

Samer asks a salesman at Circuit City, "Do you have any new video game systems coming out soon?"

aiff version

CARMAX CAR

BEFORE THERE WERE CARS WE WALKED, RAN, OR RODE OUR BIKES. WE USED TO USE HORSES AND CARRIAGES. AFTER THE CARRIAGE WE HAD CRANKER CARS. CARS MAKE IT FASTER AND EASIER TO GET AROUND. BY THE WAY THE CAR IS A RED MAZDA 626.X.

CARMAX CAR AT CURCUIT CITY

PICTURE BY IVAN

 

SOLAR POWER APARTMENTS

IN DURHAM

-WATER HEATER

 

THIS IS A RUUD WATER HEATER LIKE ANY HOUSE HAS, BUT THE AMAZING THING IS IT IS RUN AND CONNECTED BY SOLAR POWER. WHEN THERE IS NO SUN THE WATER HEATER DOES NOT GIVE HOT WATER SO THE BACKUP SOLAR POWER HEATER MAKES THE WATER FROM UPSTAIR HOT AND THEN SENDS IT BACK UP. NOW THE WATER IS HOT.

 

SEALANT FOR SOLAR POWER AT SOLAR POWER APARTMENTS

PICTURE BY SAKINA

RUUD WATER HEATER AT SOLAR POWER APARTMENTS

PICTURE BY SAMER