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1500 BCE
Bamboo Inscription
This used this as the main media for documents during prehistoric era. This type of writing originated in China. -
1500 BCE
Horn
People from this era use horns to attract everybody’s attention whenever there is something urgent. -
1500 BCE
Cave Paintings
They paint on the wall of cave walls or ceiling, often depicting animals and the purpose of this remains unknown. -
1500 BCE
Hieroglyphics
This originated in Egypt and is quite similar with cave paintings except that they are carved. -
Period: 1500 BCE to
Pre-Industrial Age
Technology in this age began with the earliest hominids who used stone tools, which they have used to start fires and paint their hunts. They developed paper from plants and forged weapons. -
Newspaper
Publication usually issued daily, weekly, or at other regular times that provides news, views, features, and other information of public interest and that often carries advertising. -
Period: to
Industrial Age
Industrial Age began in Great Britain around 1760 and later on widespread to other countries. Characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools. -
Telegraph
The long-distance transmission of textual messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. -
Typewriter
A mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters similar to those produced by a printer's movable type. -
Difference and Analytical Engine
This device was their “calculator” during industrial age. This was invented by Babbage. -
Telephone
Telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. -
Period: to
Digital Age
The digital age, also called the information age, is defined as the time period starting in the 1970s with the introduction of the personal computer with subsequent technology introduced providing the ability to transfer information freely and quickly. -
Period: to
Electronic Age
'The electronic age' begins with Radio Direction Finding introduced at the start of the 20th century with radio beacons established to transmit signals, so that a direction-finding antenna could determine a bearing to a known transmitter on shore. -
Television
A telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in color, and in two or three dimensions and sound. -
Large Electronic Computers EDSAC
The EDSAC is a large-scale electronic calculating machine in which ultrasonic delay units are used for storage of orders and numbers. -
Mainframe Computer
Also known as "big iron", are computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications; bulk data processing, such as census, industry and consumer statistics; enterprise resource planning; and transaction processing. -
Personal Computer
Multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. -
Wearable Techs
Wearable technology, also known as "wearables", is a category of electronic devices that can be worn as accessories, embedded in clothing, implanted in the user's body, or even tattooed on the skin. -
Laptops
The first laptops using the flip form factor appeared in the early 1980s. They are like portable personal computers. -
Smartphone
In 1992, IBM revealed a revolutionary device that had more capabilities than its preceding cell phones. This prototype smartphone was known as the Simon Personal Communicator, but it wouldn't see its way to consumers until 1994. -
Google (Search Engine)
American company that is most commonly known as a search engine. Although the company made it's name as a search engine, and the vast majority of its income comes from advertising because of this, it has branched out into a number of areas such as cloud computing, software and hardware. -
Firefox (Web Browser)
Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary. -
Safari (Web Browser)
Safari is a graphical web browser developed by Apple, based on the WebKit engine. -
Facebook (Social Network)
Facebook is a social networking site that makes it easy for you to connect and share with family and friends online.
