Impact of Innovation and Technology is creating a new method or invention to address a common issue shared in a town or the entire world and has formed the way we live today
by: Michael V Pyszczymuka
"Around the turn of the second century A.D., the emperor Trajan began construction on a new aqueduct for the city of Rome. At the time, demands on the city's water supply were enormous. Upon its completion, the Aqua Traiana was one of the 11 aqueducts that, by the end of the emperor's reign, carried hundreds of millions of gallons of water a day."
By Rabun Taylor, Archaeologist
Due to the demand for water the Romans had to think fast. Their population growth meant they needed ways to get more water to the public. Their solution was building these aqueducts.
"Pushed for space on their island, the Aztecs began to reclaim land from shallow regions of the lake. They piled up soil from the shore and sludge from the lake bed into rectangular wedges of land, or chinampas. The chinampas were up to 200 metres long but never more than 10 metres wide. [...] The chinampas were extraordinarily fertile. Seven crops could be harvested in one year and irrigation was unnecessary because water constantly seeped into the soil from the canals. The secret of their fertility was the Aztecs' sophisticated method of composting and mulching, sustained by the sludge at the bottom of the lake."
By Alison Ayres
The Aztec's entire civilization was on the water and planting crops was a major issue since they needed a bridge or boats to get to land. They decided to build chinampas, floating soil for planting crops, on top of the water near their civilization. Building over water is something we see today in New Orleans where, the city itself, is below sea level. The city often deals with flooding and the engineers have learned how to deal with work on top of the water.
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https://www.proquest.com/docview/200392917
Image: https://blogs.stockton.edu/aztecsociety/agriculture-and-exchange/
"Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance."
By The CDC
This image is on the vaccine page of the official CDC website, and to the left, the information of the benefits of getting the vaccine.
Covid-19 infected many people, forcing others to stay indoors (closing many businesses), wear masks in public, and stay more than 6 feet away from people. After an entire year the vaccine for this virus is finally released to the public and some countries like Israel are completely back to normal. The vaccine is helping people get back to their normal lives.
All information: cdc.gov
Impact of Innovation and Technology is a repeating enduring issue. Over the course of years us humans will not only survive problems like these ones and create a new way of addressing problems.