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Oldest known cave painting found in Sulawesi, Indonesia. -
Earliest known hieroglyphic inscriptions in Egypt -
Earliest known cuneiform writing system developed in Mesopotamia -
Earliest known illuminated manuscripts produced.
Vergilius Romanus, Vergilius Vaticanus, and the Rossano Gospels. -
Machine by which text and images are transferred from movable type to paper or other media by means of ink. -
First commercial electrical telegraph patented by Samuel Morse.
Telegraphs were point-to-point text messaging systems, -
They used a device of their own making, the Cinématographe, which was a camera, a projector and a film printer all in one. -
Electromagnetic waves are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves. -
Electronic television is a type of television that uses electronic signals to produce images on a video screen. -
The ENIAC was the first electronic general-purpose digital computer; it filled a room. -
Birth of artificial intelligence, the IBM 702: a computer used by the first generation of AI researchers. -
The Magnavox Odyssey was the first video game console.
The first generation of home consoles were generally limited to dedicated consoles with just one or two games pre-built into the console hardware -
Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other.