Technology

Significant Advances in Technology

  • Paper
    200

    Paper

    PaperPaper allowed better efficient use of written information such as languages or other data.
  • Compass
    Feb 11, 1100

    Compass

    CompassOriented us around the world even at the ocean.
  • Optical Lenses
    Jan 1, 1200

    Optical Lenses

    Optical LensesAllowed more people to read if they could not of allowed other oppurtunities such as the telescope.
  • Printing Press
    Mar 11, 1430

    Printing Press

    The first Printing PressThe invention of the printing press allowed for exponential growth on items such as current events and news. Before it, items had to be made by hand through hard work.
  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine

    Steam EnginesFirst engine that didn't use animals to perform work or create energy.
  • Vaccination

    Vaccination

    VaccinationVaccination was the first, healthy, safe way of sure someone of an illness.
  • Sanitation Systems

    Sanitation Systems

    Sanitation SystemsProvided clesn, healthier cities with less disease.
  • Refrigeration

    Refrigeration

    RefrigerationFor the first time, foods could be stored for longer periods of time without being spoiled.
  • Electricity

    Electricity

    ElectricityProbably one of the most valuable of all the technological advances. Allows the usage of light and the ability to create energy.
  • Internal Combustion Engine

    Internal Combustion Engine

    Engines Engines have given us so many transportation possibilities. We could go 20x faster than a horse.
  • Automobile

    Automobile

    AutomobileFaster travel rather than horse.
  • Airplane

    Airplane

    AirplaneChanged our view on the world and travel.
  • Nitrogen Fixation

    Nitrogen Fixation

    Nitrogen FixationBefore Nitrogen was fixated into the ground through natural processes.
  • Penicillin

    Penicillin

    Penicillin
    Became a very useful source for users on the battlefiled when they were wounded or injured.
  • Nuclear Fisson

    Nuclear Fisson

    Nuclear FissonA large step in human power, literally.
  • Semiconductors

    Semiconductors

    Semiconductor tech
    The basis for the virtual world as we know it today.
  • The Pill

    The Pill

    The PillRevolutionized health and the way we get over sicknesses
  • The Internet

    The Internet

    InternetThe Internet brought all humans in contact and made the world a little smaller.
  • Personal Computer

    Personal Computer

    Personal ComputersLinked us to the etire world and made it a little smaller.
  • Gunpowder

    Gunpowder

    GunpowderUsed to fuel projectiles