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The following is a summary of the history of technology by time period and geography: Olduvai stone technology ( Oldowan ) 2.5 million years ago (scrapers; to butcher dead animals) Huts, 2 million years ago.
The History of Computing by J.A.N. Lee "Things that Count: the rise and fall of calculators" The History of Computing Project; SIG on Computers, Information and Society of the Society for the History of Technology; The Modern History of Computing; A Chronology of Digital Computing Machines (to 1952) by Mark Brader
The history of science and technology (HST) is a field of history that examines the development of the understanding of the natural world (science) and humans' ability to manipulate it at different points in time. This academic discipline also examines the cultural, economic, and political context and impacts of scientific practices; it ...
An axe made of iron, dating from the Swedish Iron Age, found at Gotland, Sweden: Iron—as a new material—initiated a dramatic revolution in technology, economy, society, warfare and politics. A technological revolution is a period in which one or more technologies is replaced by another new technology in a short amount of time.
The Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...
Technics and Civilization is a 1934 book by American philosopher and historian of technology Lewis Mumford. The book presents the history of technology and its role in shaping and being shaped by civilizations. According to Mumford, modern technology has its roots in the Middle Ages rather than in the Industrial Revolution. It is the moral ...
The principle is applied in wirephoto and television technology for a short time. Selenium is used in light meters for the next 50 years. Cinématographe camera by the Lumière brothers in 1895 (ref 86.5822) at the French Museum of Photography in Bièvres, Essonne, France. 1895: Auguste Lumiere's cinematograph displays moving images for the ...
The history of technology is the history of the invention of tools and techniques for doing practical things. Its modern history is intimately related with the history of science . See also: Category:History of science and technology by region