Technology and society

  • Word 'Punk' introduced

    The word punk was introduced to signify a criminal
  • Word 'Cybernetics' intoduced

    Norbert Wiener creates the term 'cybernetics'.
  • Word 'Cyborg' was introduced

    Manfred Clynes introduced the word 'Cyborg', meaning half man/women, half machine
  • 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' published

    'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep', published in 1968, was later adapted into the movie, 'Blade Runner'.
  • Release of Blade Runner

    A movie which incorporates Cyberpunk in a new-age film predicting technology and the way it will control and need to be controlled in our society in the future
  • Release of Neuromancer

    Introduced Cyberpunk as a large component to affect society's view on technology.
  • Term 'Cyberspace' was introduced

    The term 'cyberspace' was introduced in 1984
  • Release of 'The Knife of Never Letting Go'

    A book in which boys and men can hear each others thoughts in a new world, where certain thoughts are prohibited and there is the belief there are no women or children. Those with a non-conformist train of thought are taken away and controlled.
  • Cyberpunk 2077

    Upcoming video game release which allows players to role-play in a futuristic world integrated with technology