Industrial Revolutions

Industrial Revolutions

2025

1760

1950

first industrial revolution

third industrial revolution

Transitioning to a new status quo

AKA: Information age or digital age

2010

1870

second industrial revolution

fourth industrial revolution

AKA: the technological revolution

AKA: Industry 4.0

1870

second industrial revolution

AKA: the technological revolution

the Second Industrial Revolution, which took place roughly from 1870 to 1914, significant advancements occurred in technology, including the widespread adoption of steel, electricity, and chemicals, leading to mass production of consumer goods, improved transportation via railroads and automobiles, and new communication technologies like the telephone and telegraph, resulting in rapid urbanization and societal changes across the globe

2010

fourth industrial revolution

AKA: Industry 4.0

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has been defined as technological developments in cyber-physical systems such as high capacity connectivity; new human-machine interaction modes such as touch interfaces and virtual reality systems

2025

transitioning to a new status quo

IDk we just got here this year

1950

third industrial revolution

AKA: Information age or digital age

During the "Third Industrial Revolution" which is generally considered to have started around the 1950s, the major development was the shift from mechanical and analog electronics to digital electronics, marked by the rise of transistors, semiconductors, and the foundation for modern computers, laying the groundwork for the Information Age with the development of the internet and widespread digital technology usage

1760

first industrial revolution

The Industrial Revolution, 1760: factory manufacturing The first of many revolutions began in Britain and saw items being manufactured in bigger quantities in factories and by machines. These machines were powered by water or steam.