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35,000 BCE
Cave paintings
Cave paintings drawings or paintings which are found on the wall or ceiling of a cave. Personal insight: This symbolizes the creativity and skills of our ancestors -
2400 BCE
Clay Tablets in Mesopotamia
The clay tablets was used as a writing medium during the Mesopotamian civilization. Personal insights: Communication and sharing of information become easier through the use of this tablet -
1440
Printing Press
A machine used for printing text and pictures. Personal Insight: Media started to become more modernized and printed. -
Newspaper
A printed media which contain various kind of information. Personal insight: Communication, sharing and finding information became easier. -
Typewriter
A mechanical or electromechanical machine used for typing characters(letters, numbers, and punctuations.)
Personal insight: Through the use of type writers, publishing newspapers and printed media became easier and faster. -
Telephone
A system for transmitting sounds over a distance using a wire.
Personal insights: It is a great discovery opening a new way for faster communication. -
Motion picture photography/projection
One of the oldest of modern imaging, technologies.
Personal Insights: It is a great invention in the field of film making because if filming is easier, people have more entertainment. -
Motion picture with sound
It is a sound technology with the collaboration with pictures.
Personal insights: It is a great invention which also gives people entertainment. -
Television
A system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens.
Personal insights: It is an excellent discovery especially in the field of broadcasting, news, sharing and receiving information -
Transistor Radio
Small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry.
Personal insight: It is a great gadget to share and learn information back in the days. -
Large electronic computers
The first large-scale computer to run at electronic speed without being slowed down by some factors.
Personal insights: It is an excellent invention because it serves as one of the foundations of the computers today. -
Personal Computer
A computer created to use by a person one at a time.
Personal insights: It is one of the greatest discoveries by humans along with the internet. Without these computers, communication, sharing and receiving information will be much much slower and harder. -
Laptops
A portable computer.
Personal insight: Personal computers are very convenient and laptops make it twice more convenient. -
Smart phones
A mobile device which can perform most computer functions.
Personal insights: Smart phones are a necessity today especially for students and professionals. It is a very important device that makes receiving and sharing of information easier through the use of internet. One of the most convenient device. -
Web browsers
An application necessary for surfing the internet.
Personal insights: It is a very convenient app that is very easy to navigate and it makes surfing the internet possible. -
Social media
A media platform where people can socialize and share information.
Personal insights: It is a very convenient application where communicating is much much easier. -
Android phones
High-technology smartphone that operates on the Android operating system (OS) developed by the company Google.
Personal Insights: I personally use androids and I think it is better than iPhones in terms of some features like battery life but it still depends on the specs of the phone. -
iPhone
A smart phone developed by the company Apple.
Insights: Latest iPhone models are much more expensive compared to top notch and latest android models. Based on the original iPhone 7 of someone I know, it has battery life and software problems.