{"id":5339,"date":"2021-05-03T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/?p=5339"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:47:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:47:57","slug":"italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Italian inventions that changed the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Learn about the Italian inventions that changed the world. We have so much to thank the Italians for from the Roman roads to their delicious cuisine which is why so many of us love to visit Italy, to the lively streets and ancient ruins of a Rome city break to mountainous Abruzzo villa holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But they have also brought all manner of fantastic, life changing inventions which have helped shape society to become what it is today. Many of these inventions would not normally be associated with Italy, so expect a few surprises as you read on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #636363;color:#636363\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #636363;color:#636363\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#La_Moka\" >La Moka<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#Glasses\" >Glasses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_Telephone\" >The Telephone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_barometer\" >The barometer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_Radio\" >The Radio<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_Newspaper\" >The Newspaper<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_Bank\" >The Bank<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_Battery\" >The Battery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_Pianoforte\" >The Pianoforte<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_Jacuzzi\" >The Jacuzzi<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/italian-inventions-that-changed-the-world\/#The_Microchip\" >The Microchip<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_Moka\"><\/span><strong>La Moka<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the least surprising invention to feature on this list, the espresso machine. It was built and patented by Angelo Moriondo of Turin, who first demonstrated his invention at the Turin General Exposition of 1884 and was granted a patent in the same year for \u2018new steam machinery for the economic and instantaneous confection of coffee beverage\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This prototype was then improved upon by Milanese mechanic <b>Luigi Bezzera<\/b>. It is no wonder that the Italian\u2019s hold coffee so dearly to their hearts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/22ea670fa3fc48f4ca91adec13b83647.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5547\" style=\"width:434px;height:441px\" width=\"434\" height=\"441\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Glasses\"><\/span><strong>Glasses<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can\u2019t see why Italians inventors play a big part in society, you may want to\u00a0get your eyes checked.\u00a0 Eyeglasses are a product of Salvino D\u2019Armato\u2019s desperate attempt to correct his vision after he damaged his eyes while examining light refraction in 1284.\u00a0 Though many people dispute the Armato as being\u00a0the\u00a0true inventor, the true story of who really invented eyeglasses is rather fuzzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Telephone\"><\/span><strong>The Telephone<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes,&nbsp;Antonio Meucci&nbsp;did invent that one.&nbsp;In 1849 the Florentine inventor first managed to transmit the sound of the human voice using electrical wires&nbsp;and he called his invention \u201cthe talking telegraph\u201d, which he then changed to \u201c<em>telettrofono<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The posthumous dispute between him and Alexander Graham Bell on the paternity of the original invention went on for decades and it was finally settled by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2002 when Antonio Meucci was finally and officially credited with having registered the first-ever patent for it. In 1871 he had registered a temporary patent but had subsequently not been able to pay for its renewal, which allowed Bell to swipe in and claim the invention as his own. What Bell can still be credited with is the quote \u201c<em>I truly believe that one day there will be a telephone in every town in America<\/em>\u201c, which turned out to be one of the most hilarious understatements in the history of technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/images-14.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5542\" style=\"width:372px;height:232px\" width=\"372\" height=\"232\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_barometer\"><\/span><strong>The barometer<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Evangelista Torricelli isn\u2019t an international name. Nonetheless, his mentor was Galileo Galilei. Torricelli is behind one of\u00a0Italy\u2019s most famous inventions: the\u00a0barometer. This instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure and to forecast the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1643, Torricelli found out that changes in atmospheric pressure would influence the way mercury behaves inside air tight tubes. In fact, mercury rose and fell. After a handful of years, he created the barometer, an instrument fully based on this simple, initial observation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Radio\"><\/span><strong>The Radio<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Guglielmo Marconi first managed to establish e long-distance connection between a transmitter and a receiver using radio waves in 1894. To be fair, his first transmission was not particularly impressive content-wise: its accomplishment consisted in the ringing of a bell. This was, however, the first \u2013 and by the standards of that time mind-bogglingly impressive \u2013 step towards one of the most relevant Italian inventions of modern times:\u00a0the radio transmitter. In its earlier years, Marconi\u2019s new technology was used primarily as a basis for the wireless telegraph, which was the pinnacle of communication technology at the time. It took Marconi a few more years to perfect his invention and establish proper radio communication between distant points, and his efforts won him a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Newspaper\"><\/span><strong>The Newspaper<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, one of the most famous of Italy\u2019s inventions is the newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 16th century, the Venetian government decided it would be useful to keep citizens updated on local events and political news. In 1556, Venice published the first newspaper. Ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, it was the first publication entirely dedicated to current events. While different from our modern concept of a daily newspaper, the invention led the way for its creation. By the way, according to historians the actual \u201cfirst newspaper\u201d was the Relation aller Furnemmen und gedenckwurdigen Historien,&nbsp;published by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg in 1605.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bank\"><\/span><strong>The Bank<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Banks date back to the early years of the\u00a0<a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeinitaly.com\/history\/life-in-italy-during-the-renaissance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Italian Renaissance<\/a>\u00a0and were created in Florence by\u00a0Giovanni Bicci de\u2019Medici, of the \u00fcber-famous homonymous family. He opened the de\u2019 Medicis\u2019 family bank in 1397.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy is also home to the oldest bank still in operation today, the Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which opened in 1472. The English word \u2018bank\u2019 derived from the Italian word \u2018banco\u2019 or \u2018banca\u2019 which originally simply meant a bench with a back. Over the years the name developed in meaning, changing to a shop country, a work bench and finally a counter where money would exchange hands!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Battery\"><\/span><strong>The Battery<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Volta, the inventor of the Voltaic Pile or, as you might know, it, the battery. What would we do without our AAs? Remote controls wouldn\u2019t work, and an enormous amount of children&#8217;s toys wouldn\u2019t either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first battery was the brainchild of Italian&nbsp;Alessandro Volta, who was born in 1745 on Lake Como. In 1800, just to inaugurate with a bang the new century, Volta came up with his voltaic battery, which was able to produce electricity thanks to its copper and zinc opposite poles, immersed in a dilution of sulfuric acid. The name&nbsp;Volta&nbsp;should bring something more to mind, though:&nbsp;the volt, the unit used to measure electricity, which has been, of course, inspired by his own name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Pianoforte\"><\/span><strong>The Pianoforte<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Italian contribution to music is overwhelmingly evident in many aspects. outside the circle of professional musicians \u2013 particularly classical ones \u2013 non many are aware that one of the inventions that changed the history of music and composition is actually Italian. We are referring of course to the Pianoforte, which is an evolution of an instrument\u00a0invented in Florence by Bartolomeo Cristofori in the late XVII century\u00a0and originally called\u00a0<em>gravicembalo<\/em>\u00a0and successively rechristened\u00a0<em>fortepiano<\/em>\u00a0before it was given its current name. Up until Cristofori perfected his invention, the harpsichord was the keyboard instrument on which the great composers of Europe had written and performed the immortal compositions for which they are still famed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Jacuzzi\"><\/span><strong>The Jacuzzi<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To be fair, the Jacuzzi is an\u00a0Italian-American invention, which makes it all the cooler, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candido Jacuzzi was one of the many Italians who had moved to the US in search of his own American Dream. One of his children suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, which would leave him in loads of pain almost every day. Candido then put his Italian creativity at work to find a way to help his son and came out with the first hydro-massage tub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Microchip\"><\/span><strong>The Microchip<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/images-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5353\" style=\"width:283px;height:277px\" width=\"283\" height=\"277\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although computers and programming itself is duly attributed to a variety of inventors (often underestimated in their own way, like Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing), not many are aware that it was an Italian scientist, <b>Federico Faggin, <\/b>who was responsible in 1970 for the invention of the modern microchip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faggin moved to his native Vicenza to the USA, and in 1971 he was hired by Intel and put in charge of project Intel 4004, who gave the world the first working microprocessor. His invention was crucial to the progress of modern computer science, in that it led the way for the exponential reduction in the size of processors, which has allowed computers to evolve from towering machines that required entire rooms to themselves to pocket-sized or even thumb-sized devices that take seconds to perform tasks that would have required early computers weeks to carry out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the Italian inventions that changed the world. We have so much to thank the Italians for from the Roman roads to their delicious cuisine which is why so many of us love to visit Italy, to the lively streets and ancient ruins of a Rome city break to mountainous Abruzzo villa holidays. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"Learn about the Italian inventions that changed the world. We have so much to thank the Italians for from the Roman roads to their delicious cuisine which is why so many of us love to visit Italy, to the lively streets and ancient ruins of a Rome city break to mountainous Abruzzo villa holidays.\n\nBut they have also brought all manner of fantastic, life changing inventions which have helped shape society to become what it is today. Many of these inventions would not normally be associated with Italy, so expect a few surprises as you read on!\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>La Moka<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPerhaps the least surprising invention to feature on this list, the espresso machine. It was built and patented by Angelo Moriondo of Turin, who first demonstrated his invention at the Turin General Exposition of 1884 and was granted a patent in the same year for \u2018new steam machinery for the economic and instantaneous confection of coffee beverage\u2019.\n\nThis prototype was then improved upon by Milanese mechanic <b>Luigi Bezzera<\/b>. It is no wonder that the Italian\u2019s hold coffee so dearly to their hearts!\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Glasses<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIf you can\u2019t see why Italians inventors play a big part in society, you may want to\u00a0get your eyes checked.\u00a0 Eyeglasses are a product of Salvino D\u2019Armato\u2019s desperate attempt to correct his vision after he damaged his eyes while examining light refraction in 1284.\u00a0 Though many people dispute the Armato as being\u00a0the\u00a0true inventor, the true story of who really invented eyeglasses is rather fuzzy.\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The Telephone<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYes,\u00a0Antonio Meucci\u00a0did invent that one.\u00a0In 1849 the Florentine inventor first managed to transmit the sound of the human voice using electrical wires\u00a0and he called his invention \u201cthe talking telegraph\u201d, which he then changed to \u201c<em>telettrofono<\/em>\u201c.\n\nThe posthumous dispute between him and Alexander Graham Bell on the paternity of the original invention went on for decades and it was finally settled by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2002 when Antonio Meucci was finally and officially credited with having registered the first-ever patent for it. In 1871 he had registered a temporary patent but had subsequently not been able to pay for its renewal, which allowed Bell to swipe in and claim the invention as his own. What Bell can still be credited with is the quote \u201c<em>I truly believe that one day there will be a telephone in every town in America<\/em>\u201c, which turned out to be one of the most hilarious understatements in the history of technology\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The barometer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEvangelista Torricelli isn\u2019t an international name. Nonetheless, his mentor was Galileo Galilei. Torricelli is behind one of\u00a0Italy\u2019s most famous inventions: the\u00a0barometer. This instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure and to forecast the weather.\n\nIn 1643, Torricelli found out that changes in atmospheric pressure would influence the way mercury behaves inside air tight tubes. In fact, mercury rose and fell. After a handful of years, he created the barometer, an instrument fully based on this simple, initial observation.\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The Radio<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nGuglielmo Marconi first managed to establish e long-distance connection between a transmitter and a receiver using radio waves in 1894. To be fair, his first transmission was not particularly impressive content-wise: its accomplishment consisted in the ringing of a bell. This was, however, the first \u2013 and by the standards of that time mind-bogglingly impressive \u2013 step towards one of the most relevant Italian inventions of modern times:\u00a0the radio transmitter. In its earlier years, Marconi\u2019s new technology was used primarily as a basis for the wireless telegraph, which was the pinnacle of communication technology at the time. It took Marconi a few more years to perfect his invention and establish proper radio communication between distant points, and his efforts won him a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909.\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The Newspaper<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIndeed, one of the most famous of Italy\u2019s inventions is the newspaper.\n\nDuring the 16th century, the Venetian government decided it would be useful to keep citizens updated on local events and political news. In 1556, Venice published the first newspaper. Ever.\n\nIn fact, it was the first publication entirely dedicated to current events. While different from our modern concept of a daily newspaper, the invention led the way for its creation. By the way, according to historians the actual \u201cfirst newspaper\u201d was the Relation aller Furnemmen und gedenckwurdigen Historien,\u00a0published by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg in 1605.\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The Bank<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBanks date back to the early years of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeinitaly.com\/history\/life-in-italy-during-the-renaissance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\">Italian Renaissance<\/a>\u00a0and were created in Florence by\u00a0Giovanni Bicci de\u2019Medici, of the \u00fcber-famous homonymous family. He opened the de\u2019 Medicis\u2019 family bank in 1397.\n\nItaly is also home to the oldest bank still in operation today, the Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which opened in 1472. The English word \u2018bank\u2019 derived from the Italian word \u2018banco\u2019 or \u2018banca\u2019 which originally simply meant a bench with a back. Over the years the name developed in meaning, changing to a shop country, a work bench and finally a counter where money would exchange hands!\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The Battery<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAlessandro Volta, the inventor of the Voltaic Pile or, as you might know, it, the battery. What would we do without our AAs? Remote controls wouldn\u2019t work, and an enormous amount of children's toys wouldn\u2019t either.\n\nThe first battery was the brainchild of Italian\u00a0Alessandro Volta, who was born in 1745 on Lake Como. In 1800, just to inaugurate with a bang the new century, Volta came up with his voltaic battery, which was able to produce electricity thanks to its copper and zinc opposite poles, immersed in a dilution of sulfuric acid. The name\u00a0Volta\u00a0should bring something more to mind, though:\u00a0the volt, the unit used to measure electricity, which has been, of course, inspired by his own name.\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The Pianoforte<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe Italian contribution to music is overwhelmingly evident in many aspects. outside the circle of professional musicians \u2013 particularly classical ones \u2013 non many are aware that one of the inventions that changed the history of music and composition is actually Italian. We are referring of course to the Pianoforte, which is an evolution of an instrument\u00a0invented in Florence by Bartolomeo Cristofori in the late XVII century\u00a0and originally called\u00a0<em>gravicembalo<\/em>\u00a0and successively rechristened\u00a0<em>fortepiano<\/em>\u00a0before it was given its current name. Up until Cristofori perfected his invention, the harpsichord was the keyboard instrument on which the great composers of Europe had written and performed the immortal compositions for which they are still famed.\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The Jacuzzi<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo be fair, the Jacuzzi is an\u00a0Italian-American invention, which makes it all the cooler, right?\n\nCandido Jacuzzi was one of the many Italians who had moved to the US in search of his own American Dream. One of his children suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, which would leave him in loads of pain almost every day. Candido then put his Italian creativity at work to find a way to help his son and came out with the first hydro-massage tub.\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>The Microchip<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAlthough computers and programming itself is duly attributed to a variety of inventors (often underestimated in their own way, like Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing), not many are aware that it was an Italian scientist, <b>Federico Faggin, <\/b>who was responsible in 1970 for the invention of the modern microchip.\n\nFaggin moved to his native Vicenza to the USA, and in 1971 he was hired by Intel and put in charge of project Intel 4004, who gave the world the first working microprocessor. His invention was crucial to the progress of modern computer science, in that it led the way for the exponential reduction in the size of processors, which has allowed computers to evolve from towering machines that required entire rooms to themselves to pocket-sized or even thumb-sized devices that take seconds to perform tasks that would have required early computers weeks to carry out.\n<h2>Lates post<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/b1-language-certificate-for-italian-citizenship-by-marriage\/\">B1 Language Certificate for Italian Citizenship by Marriage<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2021\/04\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">16 de April de 2021<\/a>\nThe Italian B1 level language certificate is a document which shows Italian linguistic competency according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (also known as CEFR or CEF or CEFRL). This certificate will demonstrate to the Italian government that you will be able to function with day to day tasks in Italian as a potential Italian citizen.\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/dante-in-linea-and-the-online-teaching-of-the-italian-language\/\">\u201cDante in Linea\u201d and the Online Teaching of the Italian Language<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2021\/04\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">11 de April de 2021<\/a>\nStefano Coppa is the Founder and CEO, since 2005, of the Instituto Dante Alighieri in Managua, and since 2010 of the Tegucigalpa branch.\nIn 2014, was created \"Dante in Linea\", a project regarding the creation of a platform for the teaching of the Italian language in online mode, initially born to expand the educational offer in the countries where the Instituto Dante Alighieri branches were already present, but over the years has welcomed and continues to welcome students from all parts of the world. In addition, since 2018 he has been Honorary Consul General for Honduras.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-italian\/\">How long does it take to learn Italian?<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2021\/03\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">11 de March de 2021<\/a>\nHow long does it take to learn Italian? How long does it take to\u00a0learn Italian? This is a common and frequent question among learners, and if you\u2019re learning Italian or thinking about starting, you would like to know the answer. Anyone interested in language learning needs to know that unfortunately, there\u2019s no easy way to answer these. \ud83e\udd37 The Common\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-italian\/\">Read More<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/25-romantic-phrases-to-use-on-valentines-day\/\">25 romantic phrases to use on Valentine\u2019s Day<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2021\/02\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">9 de February de 2021<\/a>\n25 romantic phrases to use on Valentine\u2019s Day Get Romantic and Go Italian this Valentine\u2019s Day!\u00a0Italian language is known as \u201cthe language of love\u201d and with\u00a0Valentine\u2019s Day\u00a0soon to be upon us, now is a great time to look at how we talk about love in Italian. Considered one of the most romantic languages in the world, Italian has lots of\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/25-romantic-phrases-to-use-on-valentines-day\/\">Read More<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/5-facts-you-should-know-about-venice-carnival\/\">5 Facts You Should Know about Venice Carnival<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2021\/01\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">13 de January de 2021<\/a>\n5 Facts You Should Know about Venice Carnival The\u00a0Carnevale di Venezia is one of the most famous carnivals\u00a0around the world, and it\u2019s famous for its intricate Venetian Masks. In the festival, these masks are part of elaborate costumes that evoke feelings of pomp, elegance, and even a bit of magic. 1. The origin The origin of the word Carnival of\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/5-facts-you-should-know-about-venice-carnival\/\">Read More<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/why-study-italian\/\">Why study Italian?<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2020\/11\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">17 de November de 2020<\/a>\nWhy study Italian? Learning Italian or any new language is always a challenge, allowing you to open your mind to new horizons and help you connect with all types of people across the world.\u00a0 In reality, the Italian language has always been very important worldwide. Italian has been in fact incorporated for centuries in the European context as a language\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/why-study-italian\/\">Read More<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/movies-to-learn-italian\/\">Movies to learn Italian<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2020\/11\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">9 de November de 2020<\/a>\nMovies to learn Italian Did you know that watching movies to learn Italian can be an incredibly effective way to learn the language? Movies to learn Italian, are an easy and effective way to recreate an Italian full immersion at your home. Exposure to the real language will do wonders for your overall language learning journey. Not to mention that\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/movies-to-learn-italian\/\">Read More<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/halloween-vocabulary-in-italian\/\">Halloween vocabulary in italian<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2020\/10\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">7 de October de 2020<\/a>\nHalloween vocabulary in Italian The most chilling night of the year is coming, and it\u2019s the perfect occasion to dress up as our favorite characters and to know some halloween vocabulary in italian.\u00a0 October 31 has now become the day dedicated to the occult and death, but also to pumpkins, disguises and sweets! There are two Italian public and religious\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/halloween-vocabulary-in-italian\/\">Read More<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/how-to-apply-for-a-scholarship-to-italy\/\">How to apply for a scholarship to Italy<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2020\/10\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">2 de October de 2020<\/a>\nHow to apply for a scholarship to Italy How to apply for a scholarship to Italy? Italy receives thousands of foreign students every year and is one of the European countries that receives the most international students for scholarship programs. One of the many benefits of studying Italian is that it derives from Latin as well as Spanish, making it\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/how-to-apply-for-a-scholarship-to-italy\/\">Read More<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/10-italian-words-that-have-no-translation\/\">10 Italian words that have no translation<\/a><\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/aug162023\/en\/2020\/09\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">20 de September de 2020<\/a>\n10 italian words that have no translation Today we want to teach you some words that are untranslatable in English, but we will try to teach you what they mean. Italian, like all languages, is a living language, so much so that it is considered one of the most beautiful and musical languages in the world. 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