Transcript Evolution and Influence of Technology

Evolution
and
Influence of
Technology
Stone Age
250,000 B.C.
 Time
for survival
 Tools
were made of stone
 Used
for cutting, hunting,
pounding vegetables, and even
progressed to harnessing fire
Bronze Age
3000 B.C. - 1200 B.C.
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Tools were made from metal
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Metal was easier to shape, more
durable and useful than stone tools.
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Improved agriculture practices,
growing industries and military
applications.
Iron Age
1200 B.C. - 500 A.D.
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People began to move from farms to
develop towns and cities.
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Tools were made of iron and steel
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Developments such as the plow and
irrigation enabled fewer farmers to
grow more food.
Middle Ages
500 A.D. - 1450 A.D.
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Development of paper money
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Waterwheel to grind grain
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Magnetic compass for exploration
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Printing press for books
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All these allowed people to trade,
travel and spread information easier.
Renaissance
1450 A.D -1700 A. D.
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Rebirth of the arts and humanities
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Leonardo da Vinci created drawings
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The camera obscure, telescope, the
submarine, and hydraulic press
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Mechanization of the farm, labor was
freed up for work in the factories. This
caused people to move into the cities.
Industrial Age
1700 - 1940
 Industry
played a major role in
society
 Eli
Whitney’s interchangeable
parts and Henry Ford’s movable
conveyor
Industrial Age
1700 - 1940
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The steam engine, gasoline and diesel
engine, airplanes, telephones,
telegraphs, and radios
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People more leisure time more time for
children to spend in school instead of
on the farm.
Information Age
1940 - present
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Processing and exchanging information.
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“The development of binary language,
transistors, microchips
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Explosion of computers, calculators and
communication processes to quickly
move information form place to place”
Information Age
1940 - present
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Hydrogen bomb, space shuttles,
communication satellites, prefabrication,
biotechnology, freeze-drying, and the
International Space Station.
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The Information Age has placed
knowledge and information at the touch
of button.