Blog #8

Hasan Ibn al-Haytham

The camera was invented by Ibn al-Haytham. He is an Arab physicist who made the pinhole camera. Then made an analysis for the camera obscura. The camera is one of the most innovative inventions in the world. The camera was made using paper coated with silver chloride. It has permanently changed how people view the world and even interpret it.

 
This invention has changed the world globally in many ways such as memories, films, perspective, and experiences. Cameras have set the foundation for technology that is even still incorporated inside modern technology such as iPhone, Video game consoles, computers, and more. Camera has influenced so many in the world such as social media, smartphones, film, and technology as a whole. 

The first phone that consisted of a built-in camera was the Kyocera VP-210(1999) in Japan. It was adopted from Japan and its influence spread to America. The first smartphone in the U.S. that had a camera was Sanyo SCP-5300. 

iPhone have become the standard norm globally and a part of millions of people's routines. Smartphones like iPhone have progressive into everything we do in life and even creates our lives. Phones capture not just photos, media, and technology. It created and documented memories, milestones, history, and different ways of communication. 

Based on Roger’s Diffusion of Innovation theory in connection with smart phones. The innovators like Nicephore Niepce and Steve Jobs continued to push the boundaries of science because they continue to make more versions of cameras that are improved than the one previously made. They created the idea or changed the idea of photography which was influential to the journalism and filming industry. 

The Early adopters would be journalists, hospitals, military, police, and government. The newly advanced iPhone would be used to start documentation and promote faster ways to communicate long distances. It would be helpful to these institutions because they have the ability to promote this to the public as the future and it would be beneficial to people because it gives them access to things that they never had before.

Cameron Diaz with a cellphone

The early majority would be rich people and celebrities promoting iPhones as a trend and need in order to influence the youth and impressionable. Also, people who are very interested in buying a new product. The late majority would be everyday people who need a cell phone but are curious about it because they do not understand technology. Then laggards would be elderly people who do not see the value in cell phones because most of their life, they were not around, and it is not a necessity to them. Until they are stuck something traumatic happens to them or they need to get in contact with their family or doctors. They will eventually get one.

My personal experience with phones: It has been around since I was born but I would say that I was a late majority because I had a phone but was never really obsessive over it. I was never the person who had to have the newest phone because it worked perfectly fine. Also, I did not come from a rich family so in order to get a phone, I would have to wait until the store had a deal or discount in order to get the phone. 

Overall, this theory highlights the different stages that an invention has to go through to be considered a success. It is also used to determine which products need to be improved in order for the company to make more money.