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The first cave painting that we have a date for is in the Chauvet Cave in France, and it depicts a plethora of native animals. Although it has no color, the contour lines are very realistic.
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The Kish Tablet is proof of when Sumerians started their written language, and it only lasted for about 1,500 years. It was replaced by Akkadian.
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This media began in Germany, where 'Account of all distinguished and commemorable news' was published by Johann Carolus, and he published a new issue by the week.
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The first photograph was actually taken in 1814, but this was the first one that was successfully developed. It is simply of a few buildings outside a window.
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The first telegraph message was sent from Washington D.C. to Baltimore by its inventor, Samuel Morse. It simply read, "What hath God wrought."
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The first feature film was an Australian one called "The Story of the Kelly Lang." It was only 60 minutes long, which isn't even feature length nowadays.
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Philo Farnsworth had spent years of his life conceive his amazing machine, until he finally presented it for the first time in San Diego. A radio company even invested $50 million into his invention.
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The VTR (Video Tape Recorder) was invented for practical use by Charles Ginsburg. His methods were perfected by 1956, when the first of his invention for $50,000
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Ray Tomlinson sent an email between two nearby computers in the same room, using the computer network ARPANET. Ray was actually most well known for creating the @ symbol.
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Pong was the first video game, and it began in an arcade console. This game would be one of few arcade games that get remade into console games.
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The Osborne 1 was the first true folding laptop computer. It weighed about 25 pounds, cost $1795, had a portable battery sold separately, and had a 5-inch long screen.
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The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was released to the public for $4,000 a piece.The battery life only lasted for half an hour.
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The internet was born due to the mind and work of Tim Berners-Lee. He originally designed it for physicists to compare their work, and share their findings, without having to use the same software.
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DVDs left other film-recording media in the dust, as it was smaller, faster, and had better picture and sound than Laser Disk or VHS. Phillips and Sony were caught in a format war, because there had to be a universal system in order for the product to function.
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Six Degrees was the first social media site, but it wasn't until the creation of Facebook that social media really took off. These two sites came out 7 years apart.
