I made my own inventions, such as electronic toys from car parts and other things.
我用汽车零件和其他东西制作了自己的发明，比如电子玩具。
What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America—breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine?
是什么导致了早期美国例如电报、蒸汽船和织布机的重大发明的大量涌现？
But as relatively recent inventions such as the telescope and microscope have taught us, the unknown has many layers.
然而，正如望远镜、显微镜这些较为近期的发明所揭示给我们的，求知事物具有多种层次。
Time Magazine has released a list of this year's top 50 inventions. The breakthroughs fall into 10 categories, such as technology, transportation, health and medicine, bioengineering and green energy.
美国《时代》杂志近日评出年度50大发明，榜单被分为“科技产品”、“交通工具”、“健康医药用品”、“生物工程”、“绿色能源”等10个类别。
Philo Farnsworth: "We must not lose track of the fact that inventions as such, important inventions, are made by individuals and almost invariably by individuals with very limited means."
斐洛·法恩斯·沃斯(PhiloFarnsworth)认为：“我们不应该忽视这样一个事实，重要的发明都是由个人创造的，并且几乎总是由手段有限的个人创造的。”
Some of his children are even highly regarded, as they are listed with their inventions, such as the harp and metal working.
有些子嗣甚至很受尊重，因为他们与他们的发明一同被记载了，比如琴师和铁匠的工作。
By Mr Weisman's reckoning, residential neighbourhoods would return to forest in 500 years and only the most stubborn of human inventions, such as certain plastics, would prove permanent.
按照韦斯曼的推测，住人的地区将会在500年内变回森林。只有那些最顽固的人类造物，比如某些塑料制品，才能保持不变。
Space activity has produced valuable inventions such as global positioning devices that have had lucrative commercial applications.
航天行为已经产生了像全球定位装置这种赚 钱的商业应用的有价值发明。
In addition to animals — living and extinct — researchers found images of modern inventions such as bicycles, planes and cars.
除了动物——包括现存的和已灭绝的——研究者们还发现了现代发明的图像，如自行车、飞机和汽车。
China has contributed many inventions to civilization, such as paper, printing and the compass, to mention just a few.
中国曾经为人类文明贡献出无数发明创造，造纸、印刷和指南针只是信手拈来的几个例子。
By the late 1930s 40% of its sales were from products that were less than a decade old-including world-changing inventions such as nylon and synthetic rubber.
截至1930年代底，杜邦公司40%的销售额都来自10年内面世的产品，其中包括那些改变了世界的发明，像尼龙和合成橡胶。
From 1900 to 1950, human life was transformed by such inventions as care, airplanes, telephones, radios and television sets, not to mention (let alone) nuclear weapons and the computer of course.
从1900年到1950年，改变人类生活的发明有汽车、飞机、电话、收音机、电视机——当然还有核武器和计算机。
Despite the positive results, there are times when some inventions such as cars and computers, may lead to destruction or tragedy.
尽管有这些正面的成果，有时候，某些发明创造如汽车和计算机也会带来毁灭和悲剧。
But as relatively recent inventions such as the telescope and microscope have taught us, the unknown has many layers.
然而，正如望远镜、显微镜这些较为近期的发明所揭示给我们的，未知事物具有多种层次。
Some inventions, such as the telephone, make it unnecessary for people to meet face-to-face.
有些发明，例如电话，使得人们不需要面对面交谈。
Between 1900 and 1950, inventions such as refrigeration and sewage treatment meant that young people were able to survive longer.
1900年至1950年期间，制冷技术及污水处理的发明便意味着年轻的一代能活得更久。
Modern inventions, such as radio and television, have taken people away from books.
现代的发明，如收音机和电视机使人减少了读书的时间。
More engineers are turning their skills to devices rather than digital products such as software and websites, and the marginal cost of machines never reaches zero, as it does with digital inventions.
越来越多的工程师正在把工夫下在设备上，而不是软件和网站等产品上。而机器的边际成本永远不会像软件与其它数字产品那样趋于零。
More engineers are turning their skills to devices rather than digital products such as software and websites, and the marginal cost of machines never reaches zero, as it does with digital inventions.
越来越多的工程师正在把工夫下在设备上，而不是软件和网站等产品上。而机器的边际成本永远不会像软件与其它数字产品那样趋于零。
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