The Evolution of Media

  • 3800 BCE

    CAVE PAINTING

    CAVE PAINTING
  • 1700 BCE

    NEOLITHIC BOAT AXE

    NEOLITHIC BOAT AXE
    A delicately carved weapon, surely intended for ceremonial or votive purposes. Very little art survives from the European Neolithic age; boat-axes such as this are therefore much admired and sought after works that demonstrate the skill of the Nordic craftsmen.
  • Period: 100 BCE to 1700 BCE

    PREHISTORIC AGE

    Prehistoric technology is technology that predates recorded history. History is the study of the past using written records. Anything prior to the first written accounts of history is prehistoric, including earlier technologies. About 2.5 million years before writing was developed, technology began with the earliest hominids who used stone tools, which they may have used to start fires, hunt, and bury their dead
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    INDUSTRIAL AGE

    The Industrial Age is a period of history that encompasses the changes in economic and social organization that began around 1760 in Great Britain and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments
  • CAMERA

    CAMERA
    A camera is an optical instrument for recording or capturing images, which may be stored locally, transmitted to another location, or both. The images may be individual still photographs or sequences of images constituting videos or movies. The camera is a remote sensing device as it senses subjects without physical contact.
  • TELEPHONE

    TELEPHONE
    A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user.
  • OVERHEAD PROJECTOR

    OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
    An overhead projector is a variant of slide projector that is used to display images to an audience.
  • TELEVISION

    TELEVISION
    Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new technology was marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions.
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    ELECTRONIC AGE

    Understand the changing relationships between media, telecommunications and computing industries, while investigating the practices of electronic publishing. This unit provides you with an understanding of key developments in traditional media such as book, print and broadcasting, while building your awareness of the social and political implications of communications in the electronic age.
  • PERSONAL COMPUTER

    PERSONAL COMPUTER
    A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose electronic computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. PCs are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or technician.
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    DIGITAL AGE

    People advances the use of microelectronics in the invention of personal computers,mobile devices and wearable technology, In this age the internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of social network, moreover, voice, image sound and date digitalized.
  • Steampunk Keyboard Mod

    Steampunk Keyboard Mod
    So, as masters of our own universes, we have the power and free time in the 21st century to create alternative histories. The best known, and not before Newsweek found him, is DOC and he shows you how he makes his Steam Punk computer keyboards: Steam Punk Workshop In SecondLife, there are whole worlds and everything you can imagine to build buildings and clothe yourself with in a Steam Punk way.
  • MOBILE PHONE

    MOBILE PHONE
    A mobile phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio. Modern mobile telephone services use a cellular network architecture therefore, mobile telephones are often also called cellular telephones or cell phones. In addition to telephony, 2000s-era mobile phones support a variety of other services, such as text messaging, MMS, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communications, business applications, gaming, and digital photography