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3200 BCE
Cave Paintings
Cave or rock paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings, usually dating to prehistoric times.The most common themes in European cave paintings are large wild animals, such as bison, horses, aurochs, and deer, and tracings of human hands. -
Period: 3200 BCE to
Pre-Industrial
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2400 BCE
Clay Tablet
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. -
300 BCE
Bamboo and Wooden Slips
Bamboo and wooden slips (Chinese: 简牍; pinyin: jiǎndú) were the main media for writing documents in China before the widespread introduction of paper during the first two centuries AD.The long, narrow strips of wood or bamboo typically carry a single column of brush-written text each, with space for several tens of visually complex ancient Chinese characters. -
131 BCE
Acta Diurna
Acta Diurna were daily Roman official notices, a sort of daily gazette. They were carved on stone or metal and presented in message boards in public places like the Forum of Rome. They were also called simply Acta.The first form of Acta appeared around 131 BC during the Roman Republic. -
100 BCE
Old Fabric or Paper
It began in India. They use fabrics or paper and traditional writing materials to keep information and to send messages to other people. -
Newspaper
It is a publication that is issued daily, weekly, or at any regular times that can provide news, views and features. -
Period: to
Industrial Age
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Punch Cards
Early method of data storage used with early computers. Punch cards also known as Hollerith cards and IBM cards are paper cards containing several punched or perforated holes that were punched by hand or machine to represent data. -
Typewriter
A typewriter is a machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper. -
Telegraph
A "telegraph" is a device for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances, i.e., for telegraphy. -
Telephone
The first telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell. This device allowed people to communicate with other people living in a longer distance. This made communication easier between business men during the Industrial Revolution. -
Motion Picture Photography
Motion picture photography, dating from the 1890s, is one of the oldest of modern imaging, technologies that remains current today. Motion film is composed of a series of still pictures. When the still pictures are projected progressively and rapidly onto a screen, the eye perceives motion, hence they become a motion picture. -
Motion Picture with Sound
Motion picture (sound film) A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. -
Period: to
Electronic Age
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Television
A television is a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education. -
Mainframe Computers
It's used primarily by large organizations, both commercial and governmental, for applications such as census, industry and consumer statistics, payroll and accounts payables/receivables processing, and transaction processing. -
Personal Computer
A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. -
Electronic Calculator
It is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics. -
LCD Projector
An LCD projector is a type of video projector for displaying video, images or computer data on a screen or other flat surface. -
Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook computer or simply a notebook, is a small, portable personal computer with a "clamshell" form factor, having, typically, a thin LCD or LED computer screen mounted on the inside of the upper lid of the "clamshell" and an alphanumeric keyboard on the inside of the lower lid. -
Period: to
Information Age
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Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included in the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. -
MP3 Player
An MP3 player or Digital Audio Player is an electronic device that can play digital audio files. It is a type of Portable Media Player. The term 'MP3 player' is a misnomer, as most players play more than the MP3 file format. -
Friendster
Friendster was a social gaming site based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was originally a social networking service website. Before Friendster was redesigned, the service allowed users to contact other members, maintain those contacts, and share online content and media with those contacts. -
Facebook
Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. -
Youtube
YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service. -
Smart Phones
Smartphones are a class of multi-purpose mobile computing device. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate wider software, internet (including web browsing over mobile broadband), and multimedia functionality (including music, video, cameras, and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging. -
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality is an interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment. It incorporates mainly auditory and visual feedback, but may also allow other types of sensory feedback like haptic.
