Inventions
Benjamin was an inventor. He invented bifocal glasses, the iron furnace, and discovered electricity which is what a lot of people know him for. Ben was working on a hypothesis that lightning bolts were actually powerful electrical currents. He tested this by attaching a key to a kite in a lighting storm. This helped create the lighting rod which would prevent structures from catching on fire from getting hit by lighting. Ben also created Swim Fins.
No Technology without Electricity
Without Benjamin Franklin discovering electricity, there would probably be no technology today. Think about it. Most of our things today use electricity from small things like a light bulb to bigger things like a refrigerator. Basically without electricity, we wouldn’t have television, video games, printers, computers, light bulbs, facebook, and many more. Every day we use more and more electricity. Without electricity there would be no internet. Without internet there would be no computers. Without computers there would be no facebook. Without electricity there would be no phones. Withouts phones it would be hard to contact family members that are far away. This is why I think we should look up to Benjamin Franklin and why he is so important.