Shrinking the World

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Today we can speak to someone on the other side of the world instantly and physically travel around the globe in two days. Ninety percent of our technology, upon which we base our modern lifestyle, was created within the last 150 years. We take this for granted, but the shrinking of our world is an extraordinary achievement. In a short time we progressed from horses and carts to cars, radio, television, international mobile phone calls, space travel, and the Internet
Human Communication Origins (3:11)
Inventing the Printing Press (1:50)
Ocean Travel (2:44)
Atlantic Triangle (2:57)
Engineering the Panama Canal (5:31)
Inventing the Bicycle (2:09)
Inventing the Steam Engine (2:51)
India Railway Network (1:52)
High Speed Trains (2:36)
Pioneering Automobile Transport (1:50)
Electric Car Technology (2:07)
Early Aviation Technology (3:40)
Aviation Advances (3:37)
Early Communication Technology (2:38)
Pioneering Mobile Communication (3:31)
Mass Communication Era (2:05)
Computer Technology Pioneers (1:54)
Computer Age (1:43)
Inventing the Internet (1:52)
Digital Age (3:14)
Credits: Shrinking the World: Greatest Human Achievements (0:48)

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