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Block Printing
!IS OFF OF OUR TIMELINE! The earliest woodblock printed illustration extant today was made in the year 868, at the time of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). -
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Printing Press
The printing press made it possible to produce books and other texts quickly, accurately, and less expensively, which allowed them to be reproduced in greater numbers. -
Photographs
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. The world's earliest successful photograph was taken by French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. -
Telegraph
Morse built a telegraph system from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore with the financial support of Congress. On May 24, 1844, the first message, “What hath God wrought?” was sent. -
Telaphone
A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. -
First Wireless Communication
Wireless Communication is a method of transmitting information from one point to other -
Radio
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves -
Color Movies
With color motion picture film, information about the color of the light at each image point is also captured. -
Silent Movies
A silent film is a film with no accompanying, synchronized recorded spoken dialogue. -
Movies With Sound
Sound can be a powerful element in film. It can immerse an audience in a unique world, help tell the story and move the storyline along. Sound can also help create emotion and set the tone of the film -
Recording To Tape
A Tape Recorder is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. -
First Computer
The Z1, originally created by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room and is considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable (modern) computer and really the first functional computer. -
Paperback books
A paperback, also known as a softcover or softback, is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples -
Autonomous Vehicles
An autonomous car is a vehicle capable of sensing its environment and operating without human involvement. A human passenger is not required to take control of the cat -
Cable TV
Any system that distributes television signals by means of coaxial or fibre-optic cables. -
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to natural intelligence displayed by animals including humans. -
Color TV
Color television is a television transmission technology that includes information on the color of the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set. -
Transistor Radio
A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. -
VCR
A VCR is a electromechanical device that records, stores, and plays back television programs on a television set by means of a cassette of magnetic tape. -
First Satellite
The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam. -
Email
The very first version of what would become known as email was invented in 1965, which allowed users to share files and messages on a central disk, logging in from remote terminals. -
Laser Printers
A laser printer cleverly manipulates static electricity to attach toner to a sheet of paper. Laser toner is a powdered ink that's more grain-like than regular ink. -
Cellular Phones
On April 3, 1973, Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. -
GPS
The GPS project was started by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1973. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S.-owned utility that provides users with positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services. -
Apple II Computer
The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. -
Internet
The Internet is a vast network that connects computers all over the world. Through the Internet, people can share information and communicate from anywhere with an Internet connection. -
3D Printing
3D Printing is a method of creating a three dimensional object layer-by-layer using a computer created design -
DVD Players
A DVD player is very similar to a CD player. It has a laser assembly that shines the laser beam onto the surface of the disc to read the pattern of bumps . The DVD player decodes the MPEG-2 encoded movie, turning it into a standard composite video signal. -
MP3 Players
An MP3 player is an electronic device capable of playing audio files in MP3 format. This device usually small and compact which makes it a portable music player. These MP3 audio files usually contain songs. -
Yotube
YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform owned by Google -
Ipad
The iPad is a touchscreen tablet PC made by Apple. They run Apple's iOS mobile operating system and have Wi-Fi connectivity with optional 4G capabilities.