Industrial Revolutions

Industry 0.5 - The Printing Revolution

• Defined by: Gutenberg’s printing press (mid-15th century)
• Impact: Mass communication, widespread knowledge dissemination

Industry 1.0 - The Steam Age

• Defined by: Steam engine (late 18th century)
• Impact: Mechanization of production, increased productivity

Industry 2.0 - The Age of Electricity

• Defined by: Assembly line, electricity (late 19th century)
• Impact: Mass production, rise of large-scale industrial organizations

Industry 3.0 - The Digital Revolution

• Defined by: PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), 1969
• Key adopters: Germany and Japan (early), USA (late 1980s)
• Impact: Industrial automation, flexible manufacturing

Industry 4.0 - The Internet Age

• Defined by: TCP/IP protocol dominance, 1998
• Impact: Interconnected systems, smart factories

Industry 5.0 - The AI Revolution

• Defined by: GPT 3.5 (early 2020s)
• Impact: AI-driven processes, human-machine collaboration

Timeline

• 1969: PLC invention (Industry 3.0)
• 1982: Germany and Japan lead in manufacturing
• 1998: TCP/IP dominance (Industry 4.0)
• Early 2020s: GPT 3.5 emergence (Industry 5.0)