Modern Ages

Modern Ages – Technological Advancement (World)
 Introduction
The Modern Ages

 The modern era includes the early period, called the early modern period, which lasted
from 1500 - present.
 Early Modern Ages

1. The Modern Period covers human history from the creation of a more global network (i.e.
the discovery of the Americas by Europeans) to present day.
2. The Renaissance is a period in the history of Europe beginning in about 1300 - 1600, and
following the medieval period. "Renaissance" is a French word meaning "rebirth".
3. The Scientific Revolution was the emergence of modern science during the early modern
period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human
anatomy), and chemistry transformed societal views about nature that unfolded in Europe
between roughly 1550-1700.
The Age of Enlightenment period of the Modern era of philosophy corresponds roughly to the 18th
Century (1700).
 Mid Modern Period
1. Industrial Revolution 1700’s - From the introduction of the first viable Steam Engine by
Thomas Newcomen at Dudley Castle coal mine in 1712, the invention of steam engine was
crucial to the industrialization of modern civilization.
2. The Progressive Era - was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across
the United States that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main
objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by
industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government.
3. Machine Age - is an era that includes the early 20th century, sometimes also including the
late19th century. An approximate dating would be about 1880 to 1945. It forms a late part
of the Second Industrial Revolution.
 Contemporary Period
1. World War I - was a situation where defensive technologies were far superior to offensive
ones - trenches, bunkers and machine guns were far superior to artillery and infantry
running while defended by a thin layer of uniform made out of cotton.
2. Atomic Age or World War II - The Atomic Age, also known as the Atomic Era, is the period of
history following the detonation of the first nuclear bomb, Trinity, on July 16, 1945, during
World War II.
3. Space Age - is a time period encompassing the activities related to the Space Race, space
exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events.
The Space Age is generally considered to have begun with Sputnik.
4. Information Age - also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age is a
historic period in the 21st century characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry
that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy
based on information technology.
I. Scientific and Technological Advancement in the Field of Medicine

 16th Century
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek invented the first ever microscope.
 17th Century
Santorio is an Italian who invented medical thermometer.
 18th Century
John Hunter invented the procedure of tracheotomy and so considered as the Father of
the Modern Surgery.
 19th Century
Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope.
 20th Century
Alexander Fleming discovered the penicillin.
Antibiotics were discovered
 21st Century
TeleSurgery was done.
II. Space Explorations and Discoveries

 1705: English astronomer Edmond Halley identifies the comet that later will be named after
him. Halley applied Newton's laws of motion to predict correctly the period of his comet.
 1890: American astronomer and pioneer in photography Edward Emerson Barnard makes
awide-angle photograph of our Milky Way galaxy and comets.
 1927: Belgian astrophysicist Georges Henri Lemaitre proposes a Big Bang theory for the origin of
the Universe.
 1957: The First Man-made Satellite - The precursor to the Space Race and everything
space-related was, of course, the first artificial object to be launched into space. In 1957,
the Russian-made Sputnik 1 was sent into space, with the purpose of transmitting radio signals,
as well as learning more about the Earth’s atmosphere.
 The First Woman in Space - 1963: Space travel started out as an exclusively male endeavor, but
it didn't stay that way for long. On June 16, 1963, the Soviet Union's Valentina Tereshkova
became the first woman in space.
III. Gadgets and Computers

 Microscope, 1590
o Zacharias Janssen, a Dutch spectacle maker, had invented the first microscope in 1590,
although it was then regarded as a novelty rather than a revolution in science.
 Refrigerator, 1834
o Jacob Perkins invents an early refrigerator (really an ether ice machine)
 Fax machine, 1843
o Built by the Scottish clockmaker Alexander Bain in 1843, which comprised a
pen attached to a pendulum kept in motion by electromagnetic impulses.
 Safety razor, 1895
o King Camp Gillette of America, possessor of the greatest name in the
history of innovation, devised in the 1890s the world's first razor fitted with
disposable blades mounted in safety housing.
 Biro, 1938
o Hungarian journalist Laszlo José Biró kept the patent for the world's first ballpoint pen.
 Mobile phone, 1947
o Bell Laboratories invention; the firm introduced the first service in Missouri in 1947.
Widespread coverage in Britain did not begin until the late 1980s.
 CD, 1965
o For the US inventor James Russell, the crackly sound of vinyl ruined music, so he
patented a disc that could be read with a laser rather than a needle.
 Floppy disk, 1971
o The first floppies was invented by IBM geek Alan Shugart, held just 100
kilobytes(modern disks can store 1.44 megabytes)
 GPS, 1978
o Developed by the US military in the 1970s, the Global Positioning System has been
globally available since 1994.
 Camcorder, 1983
o Sony was the first to produce a consumer camcorder with the release of its Betamovie
in1983.
 SMS, 1992
o The Short Message Service (SMS) has developed the thumbs of a
generation of communicators who have devised their own shorthand, text speak, to
stay in touch (and uncover extra-marital affairs).
 Apple iPhone, 2007
o Apple’s device ushered in a new era of flat, touchscreen phones with buttons that
appeared on screen as you needed them.
21st Century
THE INTERNET
The computer rendered the typewriter obsolete and made writing in long-hand a thing of the
past, but it took the internet to truly turn the computer into the monster it is today. The internet made
it possible to be in other countries in a few seconds. It also gives anyone the ability to buy and sell
almost anything imaginable, watch the latest YouTube videos, and even find their perfect life partner, all
for a connection on the internet
SMART PHONES
Smartphone is a handheld personal computer. It acquires comprehensive computing

capabilities, including high-speed connection to the Internet utilizing both Wi-Fi and mobile broadband.
Most, if not all, smartphones are also made with support for Bluetooth and satellite
navigation.

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Modern Ages – Technological Advancement (World)

The Modern Ages

 Early Modern Ages

 Mid Modern Period

I. Scientific and Technological Advancement in the Field of Medicine

Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope.

II. Space Explorations and Discoveries

III. Gadgets and Computers

Smartphone is a handheld personal computer. It acquires comprehensive computing

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