What did we do before technology

1. What did we used to do before the internet?
2. What did humans do before computers?
3. How did people pass time before the internet?
4. What was the first form of technology?
5. How did we communicate before technology?
6. What did we do before Google?
7. Why did NASA need human computers?
8. How was life before smartphone took over?
9. What is early technology?
10. When was technology started?
11. What did we use before phones?
12. How did people talk before the Internet?
13. How did we communicate 50 years ago?

What did we used to do before the internet?

Long before the internet people had to use a tool called a pen and another piece of equipment called 'paper' to actually write messages to one another. The finished message would need to be enclosed in more paper, called an envelope, postage needed to be paid, and the letter was sent and delivered by people.

What did humans do before computers?

Before the 20th century, most calculations were done by humans. Early mechanical tools to help humans with digital calculations, like the abacus, were referred to as calculating machines or calculators (and other proprietary names).

How did people pass time before the internet?

Before the internet, people obviously had distractions at work. They took smoke breaks, read magazines and newspapers, paid bills, wrote letters, called friends, played games and likely did a lot to avoid work.

What was the first form of technology?

Made nearly two million years ago, stone tools such as this are the first known technological invention. This chopping tool and others like it are the oldest objects in the British Museum. It comes from an early human campsite in the bottom layer of deposits in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

How did we communicate before technology?

The older methods of communication were cave paintings, smoke signals, symbols, carrier pigeons, and telegraph. The latest and modern ways are more convenient and efficient. For example, Television, Cell Phones, Internet, E-mails, Social media, and Text messaging.

What did we do before Google?

We Used Yahoo, Lycos, or AltaVista for Search

Before Google became synonymous with looking things up on the Internet, Yahoo, which first indexed the web, was the number two most popular site online.

Why did NASA need human computers?

These well-educated African American women performed calculations and data analysis that was crucial to flight test and space exploration. ... In digging for their stories, The Human Computers at NASA project serves to educate the public about a part of the national history that is absent in our memory of NASA.

How was life before smartphone took over?

Before smartphones, you relied on your landline phone more than anything. It was a simpler time. ... It was like playing phone call roulette, which was super awkward when you were trying to get a hold of your middle school girlfriend. Now you're able to call, text, video chat, Facebook, Tweet, Snapchat (etc.)

What is early technology?

Made nearly two million years ago, stone tools such as this are the first known technological invention. This chopping tool and others like it are the oldest objects in the British Museum. It comes from an early human campsite in the bottom layer of deposits in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

When was technology started?

The earliest age of technology. It can be defined as the time between 3000 B.C. and 1450 A.D.

What did we use before phones?

Telegraph! The telegraph is the immediate predecessor to the telephone; in fact, many people thought the telephone was unnecessary, as the telegraph already performed the function of instantly sending a message down a wire to an anxious party on the other end.

How did people talk before the Internet?

Electric telegraph systems were established in the early 1800s, considerably speeding up communication throughout the US. ... These early telegraph systems used Morse code, which sequenced dots and dashes to spell out messages. By the 1890s, engineers started using Morse code to communicate via radio transmission.

How did we communicate 50 years ago?

The most common forms of communication 50 years ago was telephone letters radio and telegraph.