TIMELINE

30,000 YEARS AGO
                 HUMAN (homosapiens)                                                     
                 FIRE                                                                               
                 HUNTING WITH SPEARS

























23,000 YEARS AGO
                 BOW AND ARROW






20,000 YEARS AGO
                SEWING: HOODS, GLOVES, FOOT MITTENS















13,000 YEARS AGO
                NORTH AMERICA INVADED



12,000 YEARS AGO
               ICE AGE RETREAT BEGINS




11,000 YEARS AGO
               BEGININGS OF AGRICULTURE
               SHEEP DOMESTICATED




10,000 YEARS AGO
               WHEAT & GOATS DOMESTICATED











8,000 YEARS AGO
                 CATTLE IN EUROPE
                 MILLET IN CHINA
                 PEPPERS, TOMATOS, SQUASH IN MESO AMERICA




7,000 YEARS AGO
                CORN IN AMERICAS
                RICE IN ASIA




6,500 YEARS AGO
                  WHEEL (SUMERIA)





5,500 YEARS AGO
                WRITING & IRRIGATION


5,000 YEARS AGO
                CITIES










2,000 YEARS AGO
                ROME





1,000 YEARS AGO
               VIKINGS






AGE OF EXPLORATION




COAL USE


 
OIL


TODAY 


1790
              FLAG SIGNAL TOWERS

1800

1820

1830

1840
            TELEGRAPH IN EUROPE
          CHARLES BABBAGE DESIGNS 1ST GEN. PURPOSE 
          COMPUTER.
1845
            MORSE CODE

1850


1860
            FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEGRAM (CABLE FAILURE)
1861
           APRIL-OCTOBER PONY EXPRESS (MO-CA)


1870

1876
          TELEPHONE

1880


1890


1900


1906
          VACUUM TUBE

1910


1915
           NY-SAN FRANCISCO RADIO-LINK TELEPHONE CALL


1920


1927
          NY-LONDON RADIO-TELEPHONE ($75/5min)

1930

WORLD WAR 2
1940

1947
           TRANSISTOR
1950

1956
           FIRST HARD DISK (5MB $50,000)
1958
           LASER

1960
            FIRST COMM. SATELLITE

1963
            MOUSE invented by Doug Engelbart
1964
            MOORE'S LAW

1966
           FIBEROPTIC

MOON WALK
1970
         BEGINNING OF INTERNET 4 HOSTS
1971
            23 HOSTS
1973
            UNIX, EUROPE ON NET (LONDON, NORWAY)


1978
            TCP/IP

1980

1982
             200 HOSTS
1983
              500 HOSTS
1984
            1000 HOSTS

1986
             5,000 HOSTS
1987
             10,000 HOSTS
1988
             60,000 HOSTS
1989
              100,000 HOSTS
1990
              WWW
1991
            600,000 HOSTS
1992
           1 MILLION HOSTS
1993
            2 MILLION HOSTS,   MOSIAC
1994
            3 MILLION HOSTS 
1995
            4 MILLION HOSTS, JAVA
1996
            9 MILLION HOSTS
1997
            16 MILLION HOSTS
1998
            40 MILLION HOSTS

1999
            70 MILLION HOSTS
2000
            110 MILLION HOSTS
2001
            150 MILLION HOSTS
2003
            200 Million Hosts
2004
            300 MILLION HOSTS
2005
            350 Million Hosts!