How has Innovation shaped CT's History? by Kristine Ton https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb All these ideas from Connecticut turned into useful things that we still use today! en-us 2024-03-25 11:50:31 UTC 2024-03-25 18:00:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png What is Innovation? kton3 https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932435524 What is innovation? 

Innovation is when people make changes to something by introducing a new idea, a new way of doing something or a new product. 


What is an inventor? 

A person who creates something new. 

]]> 2024-03-25 11:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932435524 Helicopters kton3 https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932437123 Igor Sikorsky invented the helicopter. 


Today, the aircraft manufacturer (maker) is in Stratford, CT. 


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]]> 2024-03-25 11:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932437123 Sewing kton3 https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932439946 Elias Howe in 1846 invented the first sewing machine to stitch clothing and fabric. 

He opened the Howe Machine Company of Bridgeport, CT. 

]]> 2024-03-25 12:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932439946 Telephone kton3 https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932442209 Invented at the Gray Telephone Pay Station Company in New Haven, CT. The first telephone began as a pay phone. People would need to pay by inserting coins into it to make a call.

]]> 2024-03-25 12:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932442209 Submarines kton3 https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932443677 Ezra Lee in the first submarine called the “Turtle” that was built in 1775 and invented by  David Bushnell. 

Groton, CT is known for General Dynamics Electric Boat where submarines are built and the Groton U.S Navy Base where navy sailors are trained to use the submarines. You can see the turtle at the Nautilus Museum in Groton!

]]> 2024-03-25 12:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932443677 Typing kton3 https://padlet.com/kton3/1z2slsyzmdc5rbgb/wish/2932445239 The first typewriter invented by George Blickensderfer in 1892. His company, Blickenderfer Manufacturing Company was located on Garden Street in Stamford, CT. 

How has this invention helped people today? 



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