Technological developments throughout history By Aligi Period: 1500 to 1786 The Modern Age 1590 Janssen microscope 1610 Galileo's Telescope 1660 Torricelli's barometer Period: 1760 to 1840 First Industrial Revolution 1777 Watt steam engine 1800 Electricity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity Period: 1800 to 1900 Contemporary Period 1804 Steam locomotive 1807 Steamboat 1821 Electric motor 1824 Cement 1831 Electric generator 1838 Morse telegraph 1855 Telephone 1858 Steel industry 1863 Combustion engine 1866 Dynamite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite 1879 Incandescent light bulb 1879 Radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio 1885 Automobile 1889 Alternating current 1893 Diesel engine 1895 Cinema 1895 X-ray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray Period: 1900 to 2000 The 20th century 1903 First flight 1904 Assembly line 1904 Vacuum tube 1919 Autogyro 1926 The television 1928 Penicillin 1935 Radar 1939 Jet aircraft 1942 Nuclear reactor 1947 First microwave oven 1947 Transitor 1947 First computer (ENIAC) 1955 Fibre optics 1957 First artificial satellite 1957 First nuclear power station 1960 Electronic chip 1960 Laser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser 1962 Led diode 1969 Arpanet 1971 Microprocessor 1971 Email 1973 Mobile phone 1977 Personal computer 1980 IEEE 802 standards for communication 1982 TCP/IP protocols 1985 Windows operating system 1988 Cds and flash memory 1989 World wide web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web Apr 24, 1990 Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope 1991 Lithium-ion rechargable battery 1992 Flat-screen plasma display 1995 DVD 1996 Hybrid vehicles 1998 Optical mouse 1999 Wi-Fi networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi Period: 2000 to 2100 The 21st century 2009 Kepler Space Observatory 2010 Tianhe 1A supercomputer 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of graphene 2015 New Horizons spacecraft reaches Pluto
