Technology and Society By Javier Galdeano 1760 Start of the first industrial revolution Period: 1760 to 1840 End of 18th century Period: 1760 to 1840 First industrial revolution 1769 James Watt patents his improved steam engine 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents de power loom 1793 Eli Whitney invents the Cotton gin 1800 Volta discovers electricity Period: 1800 to 2000 Contemporary period 1801 Richard Trevithick invents the steam powered locomotive 1804 Steam locomotive 1807 Steam boat is invented 1821 Faraday creates the electric motor 1837 John Deere invents the steel plow 1838 Morse invents the telegraph 1879 Edison invents the incandescent light bulb 1885 Benz creates the automobile 1889 Tesla discovers the alternative current electricity 1903 Wright brothers make the first flight 1904 Ford invents the assembly line 1926 The television is invented 1928 Penicilin is made 1947 First computer 1947 First microwave oven 1957 First artificial satelite, the SPUTNIK 1960 Electronic chip 1971 The microprocessor is made 1973 The mobil phone is made 1977 Personal computers are made by apple 1988 CDs and flash memory 1995 DVD appears 1996 The first cloned mammal 1999 Wi-Fi networks are made 2009 Kepler space observatory, made for the discovery of exoplanets
