Printing Press

 The printing press is a machine that transfers lettering or images by contact with various forms of inked surface onto paper or similar material fed into it in various ways. It is used for printing many copies of a text on paper.



The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenburg around 1440 and became widely regarded as the most influential events in the second millennium as it changed the way people conceive and describe the world they live in. It played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution and laid the material basis for the modern knowledged-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses.
The printing press allowed for mass production of books which had previously been done by hand.

To think how far we have come since then. We now have technology like the kindle, which is fast becoming the most popular way to read books and instaed of doing research, at the library, by reading through books and encyclopedias, we just turn on the computer and explore the web to find all information we need.

What will someone come up with next?