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Jan 1, 1450
Movable type is invented.
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Publication of the Daily Courant.
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Right of Journalists to cover its proceedings.
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Freedom of speech and the press.
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The first automatic digital computer is conceived.
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Invention of the telegraph. (Samuel Morse)
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Invention of daguerreotype (photograhic reproduction) by Louis Daguerre
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Magazines publications.
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The Calotype (negative-positive photo process) is patented.
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Prediction: Machines might someday be used to create graphics and compose music.
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The Associated Press. The telegraph
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Exhibition of the stereoscope (David Brecoster)
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The first phone call is made.
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The phonograph is invented by Tohmas Alva Edison
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The dynamic microphone is invented.
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Invention of the light bulb by Edison
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Invention of an electromechanical machine by Herman Hollerith.
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Photographs are reproduced in books and newspapers.
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Introduction of the Kodak camera and roll film by George Eastman.
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A wireless radio system is perfected. (Guglielmo Marconi)
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Invention of the fax machine.
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Introduction of animation to films. (James Stuart Blackton)
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Introduction of the teletype and animation is popularized.
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The first modern film is released.
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The world´s first commercial radio station.
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The Associated Press introduces the Wirehoto.
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Introduction of the first color movie.
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Walt Disney releases animation.
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The Polaroid instant camera is debuted by Edwin Land.
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Computer technology is used in flight simulates.
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First 3D film using polarized lenses.
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IBM introduces the word processor.
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Technology incudes laptop computers.
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First e-mail message by Ray Tomlinson.
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First home video game system.
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BASIC: the first language program.
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PC to use color graphics.
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IBM releases its first PC and MTV debuts.
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Star Trek II: the first firm to use an all-digital computer graphic sequence.
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The compact disc is introduced and Internet is created.
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Cyberspace: A term by William Bibson.
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Mircrosoft Windows version 1.0
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The Academic American Encyclopedia becomes the first CD-ROM encyclopedia.
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A global hypertext system is proposed by Tim Berners (WWW and standards for URL, HTML and HTTP)
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Debut of WWW on the internet. MP3 digital audio compression format.
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MS Windows version 3.1 is released and HTML debuts.
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Internet´s first radio station.
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First successful nteractive 3D computer game. WXYC-FM becomes the first radio station in Internet.
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DVD video is introduced.
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First portable MP3 player.
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Post modern humans project images.
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iTunes and iPod were introcued by Apple.
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Web 2.0