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PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE ( BEFORE 1700s )
People discovered fire, developed paper from plants and forged equipment or weapon through stone, bronze, copper and iron. EXAMPLE:
CAVE PAINTINGS ,
CLAY TABLETS IN MESOPOTAMIA
POPYRUS IN EGYPT
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CLAY TABLETS
In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age. Cuneiform characters were imprinted on a wet clay tablet with a stylus often made of reed. -
PRINTING PRESS USING WOOD BLOCKS
Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper. As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220 AD. -
INDUSTRIAL AGE ( 1700s-1930s )
People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production and manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press. EXAMPLE:
NEWSPAPER
TYPEWRITER
TELEPHONE
TELEGRAPH
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NEWSPAPER
A newspaper is a publication printed on paper and issued regularly, usually once a day or once a week. It gives information and opinions about current events and news. ... Newspapers usually have many topics. They usually include political events, crime, business, sports, and opinions. -
TELEPHONE
A telephone, also called phone is a communication tool. Originally it was an electric tool transmitting analogue speech along wires. Now it is an electronic tool sending digital signals on wires or radio transmission. ... Early telephones needed to be connected with wires which are called fixed or landline telephones. -
ELECTRONIC AGE ( 1930s-1980s )
People harnessed the power of electricity that led to electrical telegraphy, electrical circuits and the early large scale computers (through vacuum tubes, transistors and integrated circuits). In this age, long distance communication became possible. EXAMPLE:
TELEVISION
TRANSISTOR RADIO
LARGE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER
LCD PROJECTOR
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LCD PROJECTOR
An LCD projector is a type of video projector for displaying video, images or computer data on a ... Other technologies, such as Digital Light Processing (DLP) and liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) are also ... that the United States high-definition television (HDTV) standard should use digital processing and projection. -
TELEVISION
Television (TV), sometimes shortened to tele or telly, is a telecommunication medium used for ... At the end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity. Another ... The word television comes from Ancient Greek τῆλε (tèle), meaning 'far', and Latin visio, meaning 'sight'. -
INFORMATION AGE( 1900s-2000s )
People advanced the use the microelectronics in the invention of personal computers, mobile devices and wearable technology. In this age, the Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. EXAMPLE:
INTERNET EXPLORER
SOCIAL NETWORK
BLOGS
PORTABLE
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LAPTOP
Laptop computers, also known as notebooks, are portable computers that you can take with you and use in different environments. ... Laptops also include a power adapter that allows them to use power from an outlet and recharges the battery. -
TABLET
A tablet is a wireless, portable personal computer with a touchscreen interface. The tablet form factor is typically smaller than a notebook computer, but larger than a smartphone
