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3500 BCE
Cave Painting
Cave or rock paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings, usually dating to prehistoric times. Rock paintings have been made since the Upper Paleolithic, 40,000 years ago. They have been found in Europe, Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia. -
2500 BCE
Papyrus in Egypt
Papyrus, from which we get the modern word paper, is a writing material made from the papyrus plant, a reed which grows in the marshy areas around the Nile river. Papyrus was used as a writing material as early as 3,000 BC in ancient Egypt, and continued to be used to some extent until around 1100 AD -
2400 BCE
clay tablets in mesopotamia
In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age. -
1700 BCE
Pre-Industrial age ( before 1700's)
In this age, People had learned or discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron. -
220 BCE
Printing Press using wood blocks
Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper. As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220 AD. -
Industrial Age (1700s-1930s)
This is were people discovered the used of power steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press) -
newspaper
A newspaper is a serial publication which contains news on current events of special or general interest. The individual parts are listed chronologically or numerically and appear frequently, usually at least once a week but sometimes fortnightly or monthly. -
printing press for mass production
The printing press is a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter, mainly text in the form of books, pamphlets and newspapers -
Telegraph
a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection. -
Typewriter
a machine with keys for producing alphabetical characters, numerals, and typographical symbols one at a time on paper inserted around a roller. -
Telephone
a system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals. -
Punch card
a card perforated according to a code, for controlling the operation of a machine, used in voting machines and formerly in programming and entering data into computers -
Motion Picture with sound
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion pictures were made commercially practical. -
Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
In this age, People invented the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long distance communication became more efficient. -
Televison
a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education. -
Large electronic computers
Short for Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, EDSAC is an early British computer considered to be the second stored program electronic computer, after the SSEM. It was created at the University of Cambridge in England, performed its first calculation on May 6, 1949. -
Transistor radio
A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry, which revolutionized the field of consumer electronics by introducing small but powerful, convenient hand-held devices. -
Information Age (1900s-2000s)
This is were the Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. People advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. We are now living in the information age. -
mainframe computers
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron,[1] is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing (such as the census and industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing). -
Wearable Technology
Wearable technology, also known as "wearables", is a category of electronic devices that can be worn as accessories, embedded in clothing, implanted in the user's body, or even tattooed on the skin. ... The rapid adoption of such devices has placed wearable technology at the forefront of the Internet of things (IoT). -
personal computer
A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.[1] Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or technician. Unlike large, costly minicomputers and mainframes, time-sharing by many people at the same time is not used with personal computers. -
Portable computers
A portable computer is a computer designed to be easily[1] moved from one place to another and included a display and keyboard. -
Smartphones
A smartphone is a mobile device that combines cellular and mobile computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate wider software, internet (including web browsing[1] over mobile broadband), and multimedia functionality (including music, video, cameras, and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging. -
Social Network
Social networking is the use of Internet-based social media sites to stay connected with friends, family, colleagues, customers, or clients. Social networking can have a social purpose, a business purpose, or both, through sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.