Tecnhology and society

  • 40,000 BCE

    stone tools

    stone tools
    A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone.
  • 5000 BCE

    Wheel

    Wheel
    In its primitive form, a wheel is a circular block of a hard and durable material
  • 300 BCE

    Water pump

    Water pump
    water pump is any device for moving water
  • 100

    Paper

    Paper
    Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically and/or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood
  • 1290

    Clock

    Clock
    A clock is a device used to measure, keep, and indicate time
  • JanssenMicroscope

    JanssenMicroscope
    Is an instrument used to see objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye
  • Electricity

    Electricity
    Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge.
  • Electrical motor

    Electrical motor
    An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
  • Cement

    Cement
    cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    was a gadget to talk into distance
  • Dynamite

    Dynamite
    Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin and stabilizers.
  • Radio

    Radio
    Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves.
  • Diesel engine

    Diesel engine
    is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to the mechanical compression
  • Cinema

    Cinema
    Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
  • Nuclear reactor

    Nuclear reactor
    A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction