Time

Georgina Ashworth Timeline of Technology

  • Invention of printing press
    Jan 1, 1439

    Invention of printing press

    Mass printing of documents was created, however the majority of people counldn't read, it was mainly well educated people such as priest who could read and used these skills to read the Bible etc.
  • The journal was invented

    The journal was invented

    Most people still couldn't read when journals were invented however they were useful for scientists and inventors for further enhancing science.
  • First magazine was published

    First magazine was published

    The very first magazine was published in London. It was printed monthly, which shows printing technology had advanced rappidly. Most people showed and interest in the magazine, giving it a wider audience than any previously published documents, regardless of most people still not being able to read.
  • First major newspaper was created (The Times)

    First major newspaper was created (The Times)

    The technology at this point allowed for the newspaper to be printed daily. It allowed people to be informed of what is going on on a daily basis therefore speeding events up.
  • Telephone was invented

    Telephone was invented

    This sped up communication, including over long distance as England were quickly able to get connected to America. The telephone was maily used for business.
  • The home telephone was created

    The home telephone was created

    The invention of the home telephone allowed the general public to communicate with each other and not just be used for business persons. They could only be afforded by those who were weathly.
  • BBC radio was created

    BBC radio was created

    Radio broadcasting was the first type of mass media. It was very popular as it transmitted information directly to people's homes. It was frequently used by Hitler to help him gain support during the war.
  • BBC begins broadcasting TV in the UK

    BBC begins broadcasting TV in the UK

    Tis was an even more poweful form of mass media than radio. It was state owned and was designed to inform, educate and entertain the public. it covered things like war and big events. there are now roughly 24 million TV's in the UK.
  • Invetion of the Internet

    Invetion of the Internet

    The internet was originally created so that the american military could communicate with different bases if one was destroyed so that if they lost contact with one of the bases, they could all still communicate with the others.
  • Cable TV became widely available

    Cable TV became widely available

    This allowed people to view a lot more channels than the 3 terrestrial that existed at the time.
  • First UK mobile phone

    First UK mobile phone

    The first UK mobile phone costed £2000 and wieghed as much as a bag of sugar. You could only talk for half an hour at a time and it was used for business purposes.
  • Sky TV was invented

    Sky TV was invented

    This was very high tech and worked by beaming satellites from space. There were hundreds of channels which was a big difference from the number of channels which people could watch previously.
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web

    This way a new way of finding information via the internet. People were also able to buy and sell things to people who lived far away.
  • 3G mobile phone

    3G mobile phone

    This was the first phone with which people were able to take pictures and videos. This allowed people to be their own reporters by instantly capturing images anywhere and sharing them.
  • Web 2.0 was created

    Web 2.0 was created

    When web 2.0 was created the internet it expanded the range of things which people used the internet for e.g. people began to use social networks such as Bebo/Myspace.
  • 4G Mobile

    4G Mobile

    This included high speed internet access which meant that the connection was much quicker and therefore not as much time was required to research things and people could communicate more quickly also.
  • Web 3.0 begins to emerge

    Web 3.0 begins to emerge

    This is integrated internet which finds/organises/arranges things on a person's behalf via clouds.
  • First text message was sent

    First text message was sent

    This was a new and exciting way of communicating with people and soon became the most popular form of instant comms.