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The evolution of Japanese technological advances has shaped and molded the modern world known today. To understand Japan’s technological advances, you must understand Japan’s roots. Japan has a recorded history of about 1600 years and during these years, they have contributed many technologies that we currently use on a daily basis. Japan’s technological advances have cultivated from the two most common religions, Buddhism and Shintoism. Japan has an extremely close relationship with nature more specifically with trees. The Japanese believe that a spirit, Kami, embodies all things nature.
The ancient capital Kyoto is where modern and ancient society collide along with its technology. Japanese architectural techniques are one of the most seismically sound techniques due to the fact that Japan is located on what of the most active seismic faults in the world. The buildings in the old part of Kyoto are a true testament to the Japanese love for wood. Japan’s spiritual connection with trees inspired Japan’s ancient construction techniques. Some of the key construction features of a traditional Japanese home consist of a central pillar that is connected to supporting beams with intricate joints. The central beam usually runs the length of the building and is typically about sixty feet long. Japanese architecture often includes the natural look of the tree used and occasionally branches. Every piece of the structure is supposed to elicit the spirit Kami that lives inside of every beam.

One of the greatest forms of Japanese architectural advances is the Pagoda. The Pagoda is a tall building assembled in tiers. It consists of a massive core usually cedar that stretches the height of the building, sometimes hundreds of feet. This core is o...

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In modern days, silicon’s primary use is semiconductors in electronics. Nearly all electronics in the world have at least one semiconductor and that semiconductor wouldn’t be possible without silicon. The process of turning raw silicon into a usable resource is still unchanged, like everything, the process has been modernized and quickened with electric ovens and preciously controlled environments.
Through the years, the process of turning raw materials into useful materials is a tradition that hasn’t changed over hundreds of years. The general process of turning metal to blades, silicon to magic mirrors or computers and ceramics to pottery or circuits. If we examine the past we can learn much about our future because all technological advancements need is to look to our ancient ancestors and examine how they dealt with the problems of their time.

In this essay, the author

  • Explains that japan's technological advances have shaped and molded the modern world known today. japan has a recorded history of about 1600 years and contributed many technologies that we currently use.
  • Explains that the ancient capital kyoto is where modern and ancient society collide along with its technology. the buildings in the old part of kyoto are a true testament to the japanese love for wood.
  • Explains that the pagoda is a tall building assembled in tiers. it is made almost entirely of wood helping it elicit the spirit kami more.
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