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PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
People discovered fire , developed paper from plants,and forged weapons and tools with stone,bronze,copper and iron. A time before there were machines and tools to help perform tasks.
Examples:
Cave paintings(35,000 BC)
Clay tablets in Mesopotamia(2400 BC)
Papyrus in Egypt(2500BC) -
INDUSTRIAL AGE
-People used the power of team , developed machine tools,established iron production and the manufacturing of various products(including books through the printing press).
Examples:
*printing press for mass production (19th century)
*newspaper- The London Gazette(1640)
*typewriter(1800)
*telegraph -
ELECTRONIC AGE
The invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age.Early computers.in this age, long distant communication became more efficient.
Examples:
*transistor radio
*television(1941)
*large electronic computer(1949)
*mainframe computer (1960)
2000 -
INFORMATION AGE
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 digitized. We are now living in the information age.
Examples:
*web browsers
*blogs
*social network
*microblogs
