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  • Innovative Scotland

  • Hello, we are going to make a presentation about Innovative Scotland.
  • Scotland is a small country not very famous but its innovations are impressive and used all over the world.
    • Scottish innovators are numerous and have revolutionized our lives.
    • Including in medicine, leisure1, science, technology, transport and our daily life.
    • In medicine, these innovations have helped a great deal2.
    • Yes Thomas, for example, the improvement3 of the MRI scanner by Peter Mansfield in 1977 was very important and useful.
    • The world of transport has also undergone4 a global development.
    • Yes Tara, first, Kirkpatrick Macmillan developed the first pedal bicycle in 1839.
    • Today, this type of bicycle is very useful to get around5 and also to entertainment6.
    • Finally, in 2002, the Falkirk Wheel, which is a boat lift7, was inaugurated in Scotland.
  • Many Scottish scientists and technicians have discovered, created and innovated many products.
    • Yes Tara, photography was also revolutionised with the world’s first colour photograph by James Clerk Maxwell in 1855.
  • Finally, Ian Wilmut created the first cloned animal, a sheep which was named Dolly.
  • Scottish inventions are everywhere in our daily lives and are very useful.
    • Yes Ines, first, the telephone, invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell.
    • Then, some equipment makes our lives easier, like the toaster designed by Alan MacMasters in 1893.
  • In the 19th century, because of bad weather in Scotland, Charles Macintosh created the first waterproof coat.
  • Culture, art, music and heritage10 are very important in Scotland.
  • To start with, there are some amazing art pieces in Scotland such as the “Kelburn Castle” with graffiti on one of its walls, or the sculpture “the Kelpies” built in 2013.
  • Other monuments are internationally recognized such as the forth bridge which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage and the Scottish Parliament.
  • Finally, Scotland organizes many festivities and events, sporting, cultural.
  • For example, Scotland stages11 the “enchanted forest”, the best cultural event in the United Kingdom.
  • These are lasers projected into the sky.
  • Scotland has innovated a lot since the last few centuries and it’s not about to end...
    • Our presentation is finished but if you have questions, go on!

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