History Of Technology
Periodic Table Of Technology
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PERIODIC TABLE OF TECHNOLOGY
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10 TECHNOLOGY CLASSES
DATA COMMUNICATION
- data exchange in the present time. Oral language, telegraph, telephone, and cell phone.
DATA STORAGE
- data exchange from the past, retrieved in the future. Written language and electronic data.
ENERGY RADIANT
- light energy, fire, heat, atomic energy
ENERGY CURRENT
- flowing energy, wind, water, electric
MACHINES NON-TRANSPORTATION
- combinations of the 6 simple machines, stationary machines
TRANSPORT MACHINES
- combinations of 6 simple machines: trains, cars, ships, submarines, planes, rockets, satellites
MATERIALS – METAL, METALLOIDS
- bronze, steel, copper, silicon
MATERIALS – NON-METALS
- concrete/cement, ceramics, glass, plastics, rubber, petroleum, synthetic fibers
BIOTECHNOLOGY DOMESTIC
- agriculture, domestic plants/animals, water (hydraulic technology), sanitary engineering
BIOTECHNOLOGY MEDICAL
- drugs, surgery, therapeutic devices, diagnosis aids
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9 TIME ERAS
ORAL ERA
- 250,000 BCE -10,000 BCE control of fire, oral language, prehistory, hunter-gatherer
TOKENS ERA
- 10,000 BCE-3500 BCE domestication of animals, agriculture, ceramics, fermentation
WRITTEN ERA
- 3500 BCE-700 BCE written language, ancient civilizations, metals, carpentry, wheel, sailboat
ALPHABET ERA
- 700 BCE-476 AD true alphabet, Greek/Roman, money, paper, clock, saddle
NUMBERS ERA
- 476 AD-1450 Hindu-Arabic numbers, math, Islamic Golden Age, China, stirrups, gunpowder
PRINT ERA
- 1450-1837 printing, Discovery, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, firearms, steam
WIRED ERA
- 1837-1920 telegraph, telephone, electricity, automobile, microbial theory, propeller, steel
WIRELESS ERA
- 1920-1989 radio, television, cell phone, fission, computers, silicon, jets, rockets
INTERNET ERA
- 1989-present internet, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, GPS, YouTube, streaming
