{"id":73,"date":"2017-03-17T03:23:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T03:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/microwave\/?p=73"},"modified":"2017-03-17T03:23:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T03:23:29","slug":"project-outline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/microwave\/uncategorized\/project-outline\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Outline <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Homepage<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p>-Basic Overview of the Other Pages<\/p>\n<p>-Iconic Photo:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/microwave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Percy-Spencer-with-Microwave.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74\" src=\"http:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/microwave\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Percy-Spencer-with-Microwave.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Percy Spencer (inventor of the microwave) stands next to a microwave.<br \/>Simpson, Barry. &#8220;Microwave Oven, 1965.&#8221; Digital image. Te Ara. September 5, 2013. Accessed March 16, 2017. http:\/\/www.teara.govt.nz\/en\/photograph\/38524\/Microwave<br \/>-oven-1965.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>-Final Video Documentary<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">2. Inventing the Microwave<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Percy Spencer<\/p>\n<p>-Story of Creation at Raytheon Company \u00e0 working in a room with a radar system and noticed the chocolate in his pocket has melted; intrigued and started testing other foods, such as popcorn<\/p>\n<p>-Applied for Patent in 1945<\/p>\n<p>-Original Form: \u00a0Commercial Microwave \u2013 6ft tall and 750 pounds \u2013 not for use in homes<\/p>\n<p>-1970s: \u00a0Microwave becomes more compact and becomes widely used in homes across the country<\/p>\n<p>-The style and size of microwaves continue to change today<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Antecedents and Possible Alternatives <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-The Oven \u2013 ancient times: Jews and Romans used a form of a stone or brick oven heated by wood; colonial times: brick ovens heated by both wood and ash \u00e0 will be portrayed in a timeline using Timeline JS<\/p>\n<p>-Toaster Oven \u2013 Still an alternative to the microwave today, didn\u2019t disappear<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Basic Science of the Microwave <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Will examine the principles behind \u2013 and link to a brief video brief and simply describing how the microwave functions<\/p>\n<p>-Explain what new technology made the microwave so revolutionary<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">5. Impact on American Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Helped to shape and develop the popcorn industry &#8211; popcorn was first sold the year before the microwave was invented; popcorn was featured in the original patent for the microwave<\/p>\n<p>-Ease of Cooking in American Households &#8211; Before: cooking meals could be laborious and time consuming; Microwave: meals could be cooked and served quickly \u2013 saved time and also helped to establish the trend of cooking enough food for leftovers<\/p>\n<p>-Interview with Lisa Salita about the impact she saw with the microwave while growing up during the 1970s<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline &nbsp; Homepage -Basic Overview of the Other Pages -Iconic Photo: -Final Video Documentary 2. 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