Technology tree
A technology tree like in Civilization, built from real inventions: eras and fields, key inventions in each cell.
Stone Age
- Rope
- Wheel
- Axle
- Cotton
- Needle
- Textile
- Bow and arrow
- Spear
- Boomerang
- Copper
- Glass
- Bronze
- Brick
- Ladder
- Cistern
- Lime
- Ethanol
- Paint
- Cylinder seal
- Sickle
- Plough
- Hoe
- Oar
- Sledge
- Cart
- Oil lamp
- Wick
- Oven
- Mirror
- Charcoal
- Flute
- Drum
Ancient world
- Gear
- Valve
- Piston pump
- Paper
- Ink
- Codex (book)
- Window glass
- Plumbing
- Beam
- Brass
- Cast iron
- Iron
- Abacus
- Antikythera mechanism
- Balance scale
- Ruler
- Water clock (clepsydra)
- Archimedes’ screw
- Greenhouse
- Shaduf
- Diving bell
- Sailing ship
- Anchor
- Shield
- Catapult
- Chain mail
- Soap
- Ice house
- Barrel
- Dice
- Water wheel
- Coal
- Heron’s aeolipile
- Kite
- Bell
- Harp
- Pipe organ
- Silk
- Buckle
- Backstrap loom
- Catheter
- Stretcher
- Surgical forceps
Middle Ages
- Spring
- Crank
- Mechanical clock
- Gutenberg printing press
- Movable type
- Quill pen
- Lens
- Compass
- Hourglass
- Horse collar
- Keel
- Anchor windlass
- Windmill
- Rocket
- Gunpowder
- Fireworks
- Sulfuric acid
- Canal lock
- Chimney
- Tower clock
- Glasses
- Spectacle frame
- Hook and eye
- Spinning wheel
- Porcelain
- Blast furnace
- Kaolin
- Cannon
- Fire lance
- Hand cannon
- Fork
- Playing cards
- Harpsichord
Early modern era
- Centrifugal pump
- Impeller
- Safety valve
- Punched card
- Mechanical calculator
- Slide rule
- Bouchon’s loom
- Flying shuttle
- Necktie
- Piston
- Boiler
- Newcomen engine
- Vacuum pump
- Telescope
- Pendulum
- Caravel
- Galleon
- Chip log
- Submarine
- Flintlock
- Musket
- Nickel
- Graphite
- Rolling mill
- Flush toilet
- Pressure cooker
- Wallet
- Capacitor
- Leyden jar
- Silver halide
- Diethyl ether
- Piano
- Magic lantern
- Guitar
- Newspaper
- Pencil
- Wall calendar
- Seed drill
- Tourniquet
- Wheelchair
- Lightning rod
- Spirit level
- Pitot tube
Industrial Revolution
- Jacquard loom
- Sewing machine
- Arkwright’s water frame
- Keyboard
- Babbage’s Analytical Engine
- Arithmometer
- Steel
- Silicon
- Vulcanized rubber
- Electric motor
- Electric generator
- Copper wire
- Typewriter
- Electrical telegraph
- Pneumatic tube
- Gyroscope
- Camera
- Micrometer
- Propeller
- Railway track
- Steam locomotive
- Ball bearing
- Compressor
- Hydraulic cylinder
- Watt steam engine
- Heat pump
- Fuel cell
- Concrete
- Wire rope
- Elevator
- Gas lamp
- Water filter
- Ice machine
- Steel plough
- Mineral fertilizer
- Combine harvester
- Hydrogen
- Cellulose
- Crude oil
- Parachute
- Hot air balloon
- Airship
- Paper machine
- Wood pulp
- Rotary printing press
- Syringe
- Endoscope
- Tablet (medicine)
- Ironclad
- Cartridge
- Torpedo
Electric age
- Hollerith tabulator
- Magnetic tape
- Joystick
- Vacuum tube
- Servomotor
- Amplifier
- Aluminium
- Semiconductor
- Stainless steel
- Heating element
- Electric fan
- Refrigerator
- Loudspeaker
- Radio
- Microphone
- Bicycle
- Car
- Shock absorber
- Roller chain
- Vending machine
- Pallet
- Tank
- Cipher machine
- Machine gun
- Diesel engine
- Internal combustion engine
- Turbine
- Sewage treatment plant
- Mineral wool
- Tuned mass damper
- Cream separator
- Roller mill
- Tractor
- Particle accelerator
- Radar
- Accelerometer
- Turbojet engine
- Aeroplane
- Wing
- Fountain pen
- Linotype
- Ballpoint pen
- Nylon
- Zip
- Polyester
- Plastic
- Polyethylene
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
- Autoclave
- Operating microscope
- Respirator
Digital age
- Computer
- Microprocessor
- Smartphone camera
- LED
- Lithium-ion battery
- Transistor
- Smartphone
- Internet
- Radio module and antenna
- Carbon fibre
- Neodymium magnet
- Gallium nitride
- Shipping container
- Engine control unit
- Airbag
- Base isolation
- Container crane
- Tower crane
- Industrial robot
- CNC machine
- 3D printer
- Laser
- Atomic clock
- Superconducting magnet
- GPS (satellite navigation)
- Multistage rocket
- R-7 rocket
- Solar panel
- Smart meter
- Small modular reactor
- Assault rifle
- Nuclear weapon
- Infrared seeker
- Bread machine
- Smart speaker
- Remote control
- Security hologram
- Photocopier
- Kevlar
- Hook-and-loop fastener
- Wetsuit
- Fitness tracker
- Defibrillator
- Continuous glucose monitoring
- Superabsorbent
Inventions by era
- Изобретения каменного века
- Изобретения Древнего мира
- Изобретения Средневековья
- Изобретения 15 века
- Изобретения 16 века
- Изобретения 17 века
- Изобретения 18 века
- Изобретения 19 века
- Изобретения 20 века
- Изобретения 21 века
History by field
- История вычислительной техники
- История авиации и космонавтики
- История связи
- История транспорта
- История медицинской техники
- История военной техники
- История энергетики и двигателей
- История электричества
- История бытовой техники
- История текстиля и одежды
- История книгопечатания
- История материалов
- История механики и машин
- История строительства
- История химических технологий
- История сельскохозяйственной техники
- Физические принципы в истории техники