Different Technologies

    We talked about many different types of technology from Petroglyph to Instagram. One of the technologies that I learned is the printing press. 

    The first form of the printing press in China was in 800. During this time it was known as block printing. The way block printing worked is that each block would have different words carved into it. This would be dipped into ink and then put onto a piece of paper. This would be used for images and texts. This would be known as the easiest at the time, but this would be the slowest method of all time. 600 years later, Johannes revolutionize block printing into something more efficient and less time-consuming.

   

    One of the positives of the printing press is that they could mass produce books and text. Since this helped out with mass production, this can increase literacy rates and create better communications. However, there is a dangerous negative to this. The ink produced to use the printing press was extremely deadly to humans.

    Another piece of technology that I learned about during these presentations is the typewriter. 

    This technology was invented in the early 1800s. Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule began working on a machine that could print paper while typing. This device would revolutionize the way people write and communicate with one another. However, the first typewriter was not as simple and easy to use but caught the attention of businesses and writers due to the invention's popularity. This became very useful for creating multiple copies of documents. 

        This technology had many different impacts on society. One of the impacts is that it increases efficiency and accessibility. This made it very easy for people to create a lot of copies on flyers, and books to the point where anyone could have access to it.  

    The reason why I actually wrote about these two specific technologies is that one is the evolution of the other. The printing press was thrown out because of the typewriter. The typewriter was a smaller, more affordable version of the printing press. Both these technologies are the reason why the invention of the computer was invented in a way.