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Block Printing
Created in China to reproduce Buddhist texts and to print textiles -
Period: 500 to 1500
Middle ages
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Period: 1200 to
Early Modern
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1436
Printing Press
A way to share knowledge quickly and easily. -
Period: to
Modern
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Photographs
Made to document moments -
Telegraph
Made for railroad signaling -
Silent Movies
First ways of television -
Telephone
Made communication faster and easier -
First wireless communication
When Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter invented the photophone, -
Recording to tape
To record and rerecord audio. -
Radio
Made for ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship communication. -
Color Movies
Color in movies was introduced to make it look fancier. -
Movies with sound
Made films more enjoyable and made the plots clearer. -
First Computer
Created to solve math equations -
Paperback books
Cheaper to print and buy -
Autonomous Vehicles
Made for transportation -
Color TV
Made television more vivid -
Cable TV
Designed to improve reception of commercial networks. -
Period: to
Contemporary
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Artificial Intelligence
Helps with problem-solving and symbolic methods. -
Transistor radios
Made to replace vacuum tubes -
VCR
A way for people to record things on TV -
1st Satellite
Intensified the arms race and raised tensions in the Cold War. -
Laser Printers
Writes faster than an ink jet -
Cellular phones
Made to talk on the phone away from your car -
Apple II Computer
8-bit home computer. One of the first highly successful microcomputers. -
GPS
Originally designed to assist soldiers and military vehicles. -
Email
Created to solve problems on how people use computers to communicate -
Internet
Gave computer networks a way to communicate with each other -
3D Printing
Made to create things using minimal material -
DVD Players
Better quality than VHS -
MP3 Player
A way to transmit music. -
Youtube
Made for people to post their own videos. -
Iphone
Was designed to be a super slick phone -
Ipad
Designed for better web browsing