INTELLECTUAL

REVOLUTIONS
INFORMATION
INFORMATION REVOLUTION
• The Information Revolution started from the Sumerian pictographs,
which is the earliest writing system. Then comes the invention of
Gutenberg’s printing press 1455. There emerged the use of typewriter
and telegraph. Today, technologies are used widely which became
easier with the help of internet to communicate and disseminate and
store information.
Sumerian
pictographs
•Sumerian cuneiform is the earliest
known writing system. Its origins
can be traced back to about 8,000
BC and it developed from the
pictographs and other
symbols used to represent trade
goods and livestock on clay
tablets. Originally the Sumerians
made small tokens out of clay to
represent the items.
Gutenberg’s
printing press 1455
•Goldsmith and inventor Johannes
Gutenberg was a political exile from
Mainz, Germany when he began
experimenting with printing in
Strasbourg, France in 1440. He
returned to Mainz several years
later and by 1450, had a printing
machine perfected and ready to
use commercially: The Gutenberg
press.
The Telegraph and
the Typewriter
•The Indo-European Telegraph
began operations in April 1870.
The second significant innovation
was the typewriter, invented in the
United States in 1867 by
Christopher Sholes and Carlo
Glidden. The pair licensed the mass
production of their invention to the
arms manufacturer E.
Information
Technology
•Telephone and radio equipment and
switches used for voice
communications.
•Traditional computer applications that
include data storage and programs to
input, process, and output the data.
•Software and support for office
automation systems such as word
processing and spreadsheets, as well
as the computer to run them.