Haley's Engineering & Technology Timeline

Smartphone and Wi-Fi proliferation

Jan 1, 2000

official commercializing of the term Wi-Fi occured in 2000

Birth

Mar 17, 2000

I was born on March 17th, 200

Three Gorges Dam built

Oct 12, 2003

the three gorges dam was completed in 2003. It is a hydroelectric dam located on the Yangtze River in China. The dam is the largest power station in the world. it is 11 times more MW than the hoover dam.

Google goes public

Aug 12, 2004

In August of 2004, the search engine google goes public making the process of finding information 10x faster than before.

Mars’ Opportunity and Curiosity rovers

Oct 12, 2004

The Mars opportunity rover landed on mars in 2004 with an estimated span of 90 days but its still there 9 years later. one year after opportunity landed, curiosity discovered the presence of water under the martian soil.

Millau Viaduct

Jan 13, 2006

The tallest bridge in the world, received an outstanding structure award. Each post is 1,125 feet standing from the ground. Located in Southern France.

Started kindergarten

Sep 8, 2006

I started school in 2006

Brenner Base Tunnel

Oct 12, 2008

The BBT construction began in 2008. It is going to be a 34 mile long railway directly through the base of the Alps. The tunnel is aiming to be finished by 2025. It will be 5,200 feet below the surface at its deepest point.

Burj Khalifa

Jan 12, 2010

The tallest free-standing structure in the world. Located in Dubai. It is 2,722 ft tall. It opened in January 2010. Records: highest number of stories, highest outdoor observation deck, highest occupied floor, tallest service elevator, and longest elevator travel distance

Graduated Elementary school

Jun 12, 2011

I graduated elementary school in 2011

start middle school

Sep 12, 2011

I started middle school in 2011

Grasshopper rockets’ landing system

Oct 12, 2012

This was a reusable rocket launch system program in an attempt to reduce the cost of space flight. Although it is no longer in use, the landing system was able to vertically land a rocket to the exact spot from where it took off

I graduated middle school

Jun 12, 2014

I graduated middle school in 2014

I started highschool

Sep 12, 2014

I started highschool in 2014

I got my license

Jun 17, 2016

I got my license on June 17th 2016

Citations

Oct 12, 2016

http://www.electronicproducts.com/Electromechanical_Components/Electromechanical_Switches/Top_10_engineering_advancements_of_21st_century.aspx?fromrss=1 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/top-10-innovations-decade/story?id=9204931