Two Awesome and Awesomer Inventions

SengMin Youn

Hyunna YooSharon Lim

You and me

The Industrial Revolution

V.S.

V.S.

So?

V.S.

The Koenig Printing Press

Freidrich Koenig

April 17, 1744 in Eisleben

Moved to London in 1804

Was granted a patentin 1810

In 1817 Koenig moved back to

Germany where he established a firm

called Koenig & Bauer

The Automatic Steam Printing Machine

How?Not important

WHY?

Gutenberg-style ca. 1600

Stanhope Press ca.1800

Koenig Press1812

Koenig Press1813

Koenig Press 1814

Koenig Press1818

Hand-Operated Presses

Steam-powered presses

Impressions Per Hour

240

480

800

1,100

2,000

2400

Koenig & Bauer is still one of the largest manufacturers of printing presses today.

Their innovative Double-Side printing technique allowed newspapers to print for

a mass audience

Nearly no competition

How? AND Why?

E Paper, E Ink, Electronic Ink

Designed to mimic the appearance of

ordinary ink or paper

Holds static text indefinitely

without the use of electricity

IMPORTANT in increasing the popularity of the Ebook

Nearly no competition

Amazon’s first generation Kindle. •Sold out in five and a half hours

•Was directly linked to the Amazon interface

“Well over one million kindles a week”

In Conclusion

Quiz Time!!! YAY

Chin Up. You get candy if you get a good score.

#1: When was Koenig born? #2: When did Koenig move to London?#3: When did Koenig get the patent for his printing press?#4: How many impressions could a Koenig machine produce in an hour?#5: How long did it take for the first generation of Kindle to sell out? #6: Why does a kindle not hurt the eyes? #7: Who was Koenig’s partner? #8: When was the Kindle released? #9: How was the printing press capable of printing so many copies quickly? #BONUS: What generation is the Kindle series currently at?