Timeline

  • 220 BCE

    block printer

    a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely
  • 1450

    printing press

    used to print out words and sentences
  • photographs

    used to take photos
  • Telegraphs

    a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection.
  • Telephone

    used to communicate with others
  • Wireless communication

    the transfer of information between two or more points that do not use an electrical conductor as a medium by which to perform the transfer.
  • Silent movies

    movies that had no sound in them
  • Radio

    a device used to listen to music or games
  • Color movies

    tv and movies that had color instead of black and white
  • movies with sound

    a movie that has real sound
  • paperback books

    books that had a paper back cover
  • 1st computer

    a device where you can access the internet
  • translator radio

    a broadcast translator is a facility created to receive a terrestrial broadcast over the air on one frequency
  • cable TV

    a device where you can watch all sorts of things
  • Color TV

    a device where you can watch shows but with color
  • Artificial intelligence

    he theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception
  • VCR

    a videocassette recorder
  • 1st satellite

    This was the first artificial satellite any nation sent out of the Earth
  • email

    messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.
  • laser printer

    a printer linked to a computer producing good-quality printed material by using a laser to form a pattern of electrostatically charged dots on a light-sensitive drum
  • Gps

    an accurate worldwide navigational and surveying facility based on the reception of signals from an array of orbiting satellites.
  • Cellular phone

    a phone with access to a cellular radio system so it can be used over a wide area, without a physical connection to a network.
  • Apple computer

    an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
  • 3D printing

    the action or process of making a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down many thin layers of a material in succession.
  • autonomous vehicle

    a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, truck, or cart.
  • Internet

    a system for sending messages to one or more recipients via telecommunications links between computers
  • DVD player

    a device that plays DVDs
  • Mp3 player

    a device for playing MP3s or other digital audio files.
  • youtube

    a site where you can watch a lot of videos
  • Iphone

    a device where you can text and call people
  • Ipad

    something used to play games on and do other things