Technological revolutions

6 technological revolutions

From approximately 1770 1st industrial revolution

New technologies Wrought iron.

Machinery.

Mechanized cotton industry.

New infrastructures Canals and waterways.

Water power.

Turnpike roads.

Factories.

From approximately 1830 2nd industrial revolution

New technologies

New infrastructures

Steam engines and machinery.

Steam power for many industries.

Railway construction.

Iron and coal mining.

Rolling stock production.

Railways.

Universal postal service.

Telegraph.

Ports.

Depots.

Worldwide depot ships.

Source: http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=47976

From approximately 1875 3rd industrial revolution

New technologies Cheap steel.

Full development of steam engine for steel ships.

Heavy chemistry and civil engineering.

Electrical equipment industry.

Copper and cables.

Canned and bottled food.

Paper and packaging.

New infrastructures Worldwide shipping in rapid steel steamships.

Transcontinental railways.

Great bridges and tunnels.

Worldwide telegraph.

Telephone.

Electrical networks.

In 1890, the average manufacturing company in the �developed world� had about 4 employees

Source Gary Hamel. http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM

From approximately 1908 4th industrial revolution

New technologies Internal combustion engines.

Mass produced cars using assembly line technology.

Cheap oil.

Petrochemicals.

Home electrical appliances.

Motion picture and television.

Refrigerated and frozen foods.

Penicillin.

Management tools.

New infrastructures Networks of roads, ports, and airports.

Networks of oil wells.

Universal electricity.

Worldwide analog telecommunications.

In 1915, Ford Motor Company was making more than 500,000 cars per year

Source Gary Hamel. http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM

Source http://yesterday.sg/reflections/memories-from-the-last-technological-revolution/

Penicillin antibiotics are the first drugs that were effective against many previously serious diseases such as syphilis and infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci.

Sources http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=741794 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin Florey (pictured), Fleming and Chain shared a Nobel Prize in 1945 for their work on penicillin.

More or less all tools for modern management used today were invented before 1920

Source Gary Hamel. http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM

From approximately 1970 5th industrial revolution

New technologies Telecommunications.

Cheap microelectronics.

Computers.

Computer software.

Control instruments.

Computer aided biotechnology.

New infrastructures World digital telecommunications.

Internet.

Electricity networks.

High speed physical transport links.

Source: http://youtu.be/Pe03dDpDykU minute 6.

From approximately 2003 6th industrial revolution

New technologies

New infrastructures

Mobile electronic devices such as smartphones.

Social media.

Other cloud based software.

Renewable energy technologies – including solar, wind, and geothermal energy.

Energy efficiency.

Energy storage technologies.

Electric vehicles.

3D printers.

Enhanced electricity transmission capabilities.

Decentralization of power generation.

Connection of electricity and transportation energy infrastructures.

Gene data banks.

Global fixed telephone lines vs. mobile subscriptions

Source http://www.scribd.com/doc/95259089/KPCB-Internet-Trends-2012

Computerized glasses from Microsoft and Google

Source http://www.businessinsider.com/the-end-of-the-smartphone-era-is-coming-2012-11

3DTouch 3D printer

Source http://blog.makezine.com/magazine/make-ultimate-guide-to-3d-printing/ultimate-3d-printer-buyers-guide/

Sources http://www.rtcc.org/flexible-solar-revolution-could-bring-power-to-1-4-billion-people/ http://ncfp.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/indias-panel-price-crash-could-spark-solar-revolution/

Other sources http://theagileexecutive.com/2009/03/02/ http://www.economist.com/node/21553017 http://www.scribd.com/doc/95259089/KPCB-Internet-Trends-2012 http://seizingthewhitespace.com/sites/default/files/STWS_Industries_Infrastruct ures.pdf http://www.strategy-business.com/article/10110?pg=all http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM http://youtu.be/Pe03dDpDykU