Periodzation technology timeline

  • 1957 BCE

    1st satellite

    To place a radio transmitter in orbit
  • 868

    Block Printing

    Ideographic text and illustrations were engraved in wooden blocks, inked, and copied on paper.
  • 1436

    Printing Press

    Used to make text usually in books.
  • Photograph

    The first device to capture an image.
  • Telegraph

    Revolutionized long-distance communication.
  • Silent Movies

    Films that were without unsynchronized sounds.
  • Radio

    radio, sound communication by radio waves, usually through the transmission of music, news, and other types of programs
  • Wireless communication

    Communication that was performed and delivered wirlessly
  • Color movies

    First movies with color
  • Movies with sound

    Sound was emitted from four channels
  • Recording to tape

    Produced sound
  • Paperback books

    More people were able to read books because it was cheaper to make.
  • autonomous vehicles

    a driverless car.
  • Cable tv

    allowed people to receive tv signals from cable.
  • Color Tv

    the video image can be displayed in color on the television set.
  • Translator radios

    FM radio station that retransmits the programming of a parent station that operates on a different frequency.
  • VCR

    Used videocassettes for recording and playing back videotapes.
  • Artificial intelligence

    Made it possible for machines to learn from experinces.
  • Laser printer

    The laser printer copied a picture from a text and would print it.
  • Email

    Allowed you to send messages from computer to computer.
  • Cellular phone

    The first cellular phone which you could call and text on.
  • Gps

    It is a navigation system using satellites.
  • Apple 2

    one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products.
  • Mp3 player

    Allowed you to play music anywhere.
  • Internet

    A WorldWideWeb that transmits a variety of data and media across interconnected devices
  • 3d printing

    The construction of a 3d shape or object.
  • DVD

    Would connect to a tv which could be a movie or tv show and then would display it on the screen
  • Youtube

    Videos that would be published on the internet by all kinds of people.
  • Iphone

    combine a multimedia player, telephone, and internet browsing capability on a touchscreen display
  • Ipad

    to be better at web browsing, email, photos, video, music, games, and ebooks