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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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