PVE-P Innovation Day Crossword Puzzle
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- 5. Used to call as the ARPANET, which was built by the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (then called ARPA, today called DARPA) to connect researchers
- 8. A material that has electrical conductivity as a result of electrons flowing through it.
- 9. On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled ___.
- 10. Apple's founder and a legendary American entrepreneur.
- 13. The introduction of something new.
- 15. As Forbes’ Mark Hughes wrote, the centre might well mark ____’s “first big leap toward finally” becoming a permanent part of mainstream gaming, cinema and media in general.
- 16. Originally invented in China. Had widely replaced astronomical means as the primary navigational instrument for mariners by the 14th century.
- 18. Someone who aided in the development of the AC electrical distribution system.
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- 1. _____ computer is capable of solving problems beyond the abilities of ordinary computers and doing it by drawing on quantum mechanics.
- 2. Someone who made Quantum theory breakthroughs aided in the revolutionization of that field.
- 3. In 1971, Ted Hoff of Intel created the ___, it was an integrated circuit that included all of the computer's functions or a central processor unit (CPU).
- 4. A device that amplifies and switches electronic signals in order to send and receive data across a distance
- 6. On June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm enabling him to demonstrate the connection between lightning and _____.
- 7. Who created the first light bulb in 1800?
- 11. Throughout the twentieth century, this technology proved to be a great living improvement, fighting practically every known form of infection and saving people's health.
- 12. In 1809, the first crude _____ was invented in Bavaria by Samuel Soemmering who is also the creator of the Morse code.
- 14. In 2018, _____ with 9,100 patent grants was the most innovative corporation in the world, with patents in artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and quantum computing among others.
- 17. ___ and machine learning can quickly process and evaluate massive amounts of data.