Computer Age, Digital Age, New Media Age -Refers to a historic period in the 21st century characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry that the Industrial Revolution
Pre-industrial → Industrial → Information → Electronic
Rider
miniaturized microform analog photographs, which could be duplicated on-demand for library patrons and other institutions.
Moore’s Law (1965)
an observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles about every two years
Moore’s Law (1965)
The law claims that we can expect the speed and capability of our computers to increase every two years because of this, yet we will pay less for them
1980
production of the smaller and less expensive personal computers allowed for direct access to information.
Negroponte (1995)
published his book, Being Digital, the similarities and differences between products made of atoms and bits
Primary Information Age- newspaper, radio, television.
Secondary Information Age- Internet, satellite television and mobile phones
Tertiary Information Age- emerged by media of the Primary Information Age interconnected with media of the Secondary Information Age
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
time before there were machines and tools to help them perform the tasks.
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
About 2.5 million years before writing was developed.
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
used to start fires, hunt, and bury their dead.
Egyptians used papyrus scrolls the earliest known roll of papyrus, dated to around 2900 B.C
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
Egyptians used papyrus scrolls (the earliest known roll of papyrus, dated to around 2900 B.C)
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
Sumerians used clay tablets
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
Prehistoric man used hand stencils and simple geometric shapes to create art on the walls of caves
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
Gutenberg invented the printing press during Renaissance period
INDUSTRIAL AGE
period of history that encompasses the changes in economic and social organization that began around 1760 in Great Britain
INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700’S TO 1930’S)
INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700’S TO 1930’S)
characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700’S TO 1930’S)
power loom - a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.
The first power loom was designed in 1786 by Cartwright and first built that same year.
INDUSTRIAL AGE
Morse invented the telegraph
INDUSTRIAL AGE (1700’S TO 1930’S)
Vail developed an instrument that was called the register for recording the received messages.
INDUSTRIAL AGE
GrahamBell patent the telephone, an electric tool transmitting analogue speech along wires.
INDUSTRIAL AGE
The first discernible speech transmitted over a telephone system was “Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.”
INDUSTRIAL AGE
Edison invented the phonograph, a device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.
INDUSTRIAL AGE
Hertz identified and studied radio waves
INDUSTRIAL AGE
Marconi an Italian Physicist that developed the first practical radio transmitters and receivers.
INDUSTRIAL AGE
Farnsworth called the FORGOTTEN GENIUS.
INDUSTRIAL AGE
Farnsworth invented the first fully electronic television.
Electronic Age
when electronic equipment and large technologies, including computers came into use
Electronic Age (1930 - 1990’s)
Transistor is a device that regulates current or voltage flow and acts as a switch or gate for electronic signals.
Electronic Age (1954)
Transistor Radio a radio receiver in which semiconductor devices, primarily transistors and semiconductor diodes, are used for the amplification, frequency conversion, and detection of signals.
Electronic Age (1954)
Texas instruments made the first transistor radio named Regency TR-1.
Electronic Age
Scherbius -A german who Invented Enigma machine
Electronic Age
ENIGMA a piece of spook hardware used as a way of deciphering German signals traffic during World War II.
Electronic Age
ENIGMA a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication.