Applications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution PDF

Applications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution  Background of the Industrial Revolution The First Industrial Revolution: The Age of Mechanical Production Beginning around 1760, through the advent of the steam engine, steam was powering everything from agriculture to textile manufactu...

Applications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution  Background of the Industrial Revolution The First Industrial Revolution: The Age of Mechanical Production Beginning around 1760, through the advent of the steam engine, steam was powering everything from agriculture to textile manufacturing. The world began to rely on steam power and machine tools, while steamships and railroads revolutionized how people got from A to B. And what emerged as the new center of community life, The factory. The Second Industrial Revolution: The Age of Science and Mass Production Things started to speed up with a number of key inventions like gasoline engines, airplanes, chemical fertilizer. All inventions that helped us go faster and do more. Most notably, the assembly line, which effectively powered mass production. By 1900, 40% of the US population lived in cities, compared to just 6% in 1800. Along with increasing urbanization, inventions such as electric lighting, radio, and telephones transformed the way people lived and communicated. When you stop and think about it, it was this industrial revolution, the second one, that ushered in the modern world.  The Third Industrial Revolution: The Digital Revolution Beginning in the 1950s, the third industrial revolution brought semiconductors, mainframe computing, personal computing, and the Internet—the digital revolution. Things that used to be analog moved to digital technologies, like an old television you used to tune in with an antenna (analog) being replaced by an Internet-connected tablet that lets you stream movies (digital). The move from analog electronic and mechanical devices to pervasive digital technology dramatically disrupted industries, especially global communications and energy. Electronics and information technology began to automate production and take supply chains global. Mobile and Cloud computing belongs to this revolution.  What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?  The Fourth Industrial Revolution Describes the exponential changes to the way we live, work and relate to one another due to the adoption of cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things and the Internet of Systems. Smart technologies in our factories and workplaces, connected machines will interact, visualize the entire production chain and make decisions autonomously. This revolution is expected to impact all disciplines, industries, and economies. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, finally, will change not only what we do but also who we are. It will affect our identity and all the issues associated with it: our sense of privacy, our notions of ownership, our consumption patterns, the time we devote to work and leisure, and how we develop our careers, cultivate our skills, meet people, and nurture relationships. It is already changing our health and leading to a “quantified” self, and sooner than we think it may lead to human augmentation. The list is endless because it is bound only by our imagination.