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Witold Kwa?nicki (INE, UWr), Notatki do wyk?adów Household Appliances -Timeline 1978 First electronic sewing machine Singer introduces the Athena 2000, the world’s first electronic sewing machine. A wide variety of stitches, from basic straight to complicated decorative, are available at the touch of a button. The brain of the system is a chip that measures less than one-quarter of an inch and contains more than 8,000 transistors. 1990s Environmentally friendly washers and dryers Environmentally friendly washers and dryers that save water and conserve energy are introduced. They include the horizontal-axis washer, which tumbles rather than agitates the clothes and uses a smaller amount of water, and a dryer with sensors, rather than a timer, that shuts the appliance off when the clothes are dry. 1997 First prototype of a robotic vacuum cleaner Swedish appliance company Electrolux presents the first prototype of a robotic vacuum cleaner. The device, billed as the world’s first true domestic robot, sends and receives high-frequency ultrasound to negotiate its way around a room, much as bats do. In the production model, launched in Sweden a few years later, eight microphones receive and measure the returning signals to give the vacuum an accurate picture of the room. It calculates the size of a room by following around the walls for 90 seconds to 15 minutes, after which it begins a zigzag cleaning pattern and turns itself off when finished. Witold Kwa?nicki (INE, UWr), Notatki do wyk?adów Health Technologies - In 1900 the average life expectancy in the United States was 47 years. By 2000 it was nearing 77 years. That remarkable 30-year increase was the result of a number of factors, including the creation of a safe water supply. But no small part of the credit should go to the centurys wide assortment of medical advances in diagnosis, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other forms of treatment. Many of these improvements involved the combined application