History of printing
39 inventos por año: de qué evolucionó cada uno y a qué llevó.
Cómo se conectan los inventos
| Año | Invento | Qué es | Evolucionó de | Llevó a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3500 a. C. | Sello cilíndrico | A carved stone cylinder rolled over clay — an early way to reproduce an image. | ||
| 3000 a. C. | Papiro | A writing material made from papyrus stems. | Papel | |
| 2500 a. C. | Tinta | A coloured liquid for writing. | ||
| 600 a. C. | Moneda | A metal token of value bearing a stamped image. | Papel moneda | |
| 600 a. C. | Acuñación | Transferring an image with a blow of a die — an early idea of mass reproduction. | ||
| 200 a. C. | Pergamino | A writing material made from prepared animal skin. | ||
| 141 a. C. | Papel Cai Lun | A material made of plant fibres; the oldest find is from Fangmatan (2nd century BC), and Cai Lun improved the technique (105). | Papiro | |
| 100 | Códice | A book of bound leaves instead of a scroll. | Lector electrónico | |
| 220 | Xilografía | Printing from a carved wooden block. | Tipos móviles | |
| 600 | Pluma de ave | A pen made from a bird’s flight feather. | Plumilla de acero | |
| 1000 | Papel moneda | Jiaozi — the first paper money (China). | Moneda | Tarjeta de pago |
| 1040 | Tipos móviles | Individual characters that are assembled into text and reused. In China — Bi Sheng; in Europe, metal type — Gutenberg. | Xilografía | Linotype |
| 1440 | Imprenta de Gutenberg Johannes Gutenberg | A machine for reproducing text: type set from letters, ink and a screw press. | Prensa rotativa | |
| 1450 | Tipografía | The art of setting text in type. | Autoedición | |
| 1500 | Calendario de pared | A printed calendar. | ||
| 1501 | Impresión musical | Printing music with movable type (Petrucci). | ||
| 1565 | Lápiz Nicolas-Jacques Conté | A graphite rod in a casing. | Portaminas | |
| 1605 | Periódico | A periodical printed publication. | Blog | |
| 1751 | Enciclopedia | A systematic compendium of knowledge (Diderot’s Encyclopédie). | Wikipedia | |
| 1760 | Ficha | A card for systematizing information (Linnaeus). | ||
| 1770 | Goma de borrar | Rubber for erasing graphite (Priestley, Nairne). | ||
| 1790 | Portaminas Sampson Mordan, John Isaac Hawkins | A pencil with a retractable lead (late 18th century; Hawkins and Mordan’s patent, 1822). | Lápiz | |
| 1791 | Catálogo de biblioteca | A card catalogue (France). | Base de datos | |
| 1796 | Litografía | Printing from a flat stone (Senefelder). | Impresión offset | |
| 1799 | Máquina papelera | Continuous paper production (Robert, Fourdrinier). | ||
| 1801 | Pizarra | A board for writing with chalk. | ||
| 1822 | Plumilla de acero | A metal nib for writing. | Pluma de ave | |
| 1824 | Braille | A raised-dot script for blind people. | Escritura | Lector de pantalla |
| 1843 | Prensa rotativa | Printing from a rotating cylinder (Hoe). | Imprenta de Gutenberg | |
| 1844 | Pasta de madera | The raw material for cheap paper (Keller). | ||
| 1867 | Cartelera | Outdoor advertising. | ||
| 1876 | Clasificación decimal | The Dewey classification. | ||
| 1884 | Pluma estilográfica | A pen with an ink reservoir (Waterman). | Bolígrafo | |
| 1884 | Linotype Ottmar Mergenthaler | A line-casting typesetting machine (Mergenthaler). | Tipos móviles | |
| 1904 | Impresión offset | Ink is transferred through a rubber cylinder. | Litografía | |
| 1938 | Xerografía Chester Carlson | Electrostatic copying (Carlson). | ||
| 1938 | Bolígrafo Marcel Bich | Bíró’s pen with a ball at the tip. | Pluma estilográfica | |
| 1959 | Fotocopiadora | The Xerox 914. | ||
| 1980 | Holograma de seguridad | A hologram on cards and banknotes. |