3 WAVES

OF
TECHNOLOGY
 ALVIN TOFFLER

Alvin Toffler was an American writer, who

wrote on futurism related to
communication, digitalization and corporate
growth. He was known to be the ‘World’s
Most Famous Futurologists’ and is
considered as an important influence in
shaping of the modern China.
He wrote books like ‘Future Shock’
In this book he explained
the psychological changes
that come from ‘too much
change in too short period
of time’. The book was an
international bestseller.
His second big book
‘The Third Wave’ came out.
It was a sequel to
the ‘Future Shock’ and
talked about the transition
in the developed countries
from Industrial Age to
Information Age.
 TOFFLER’S FIRST
WAVE OF
TECHNOLOGY
Agriculture Society
8000BC – 1700

 invention of agriculture
 domestication of plants
and animals
 formation of
communities
 accumulation of surplus
 TOFFLER’S SECOND WAVE
OF TECHNOLOGY
Industrial Age
(1750 – 1955)
 came with the industrial
revolution
 extensive use of machines
and man-made sources of
energy: steam, internal
combustion engines, mass
production
• (e.g., cars, planes, tv, etc)
TOFFLER’S THIRD WAVE
OF TECHNOLOGY
Third
• 1955 Wave of Technology
– present
(1955 – present)-Information
- Information Age
Ageknowledge-driven technology
• application
knowledge-driven technology
of discoveries in the
• basic
application of discoveries
sciences: in theof
manipulation
basic sciences:
materials manipulation
to atomic & sub- of
materials
atomic to atomic &levels
& molecular sub-
atomic & molecular
(e.g., computing, telecommu levels
• e.g., computing,
nications, genetic engineering)
telecommunications, genetic
engineering
 TOFFLER’S WAVES OF
TECHNOLOGY – 4TH WAVE?
 THE FUTURE
TECHNOLOGY
IoT – Internet of Things
- is the network of devices such
as vehicles , and home appliances
that contains electronics, software
, actuators, and connectivity
which allows these things to
connect , interact and exchange
data.
THE FUTURE TECHNOLOGY

3D Printing
- is any of various processes in
which material is joined or
solidified under
computer control to create a
three dimensional object, with
material being added together
, typically layer by layer.
3D Printing – is any of various joined or solidified under
processes in which material is

computer control to create a three dimensional object, with materiaed together , typically layer by layer.