The document discusses the four industrial revolutions. The First used water and steam power for mechanical equipment. The Second utilized electricity and mass production. The Third employed information technology, robots, and automation. Now on the verge of a Fourth, developments in areas like genetics, 3D printing, biotechnology, nanotechnology, IoT, and quantum computing promise unprecedented changes.

1. The Industrial Revolution (First, Second, Third, and Fourth)
The First Industrial Revolution was the period where we harnessed the power of mechanical equipment, water
and steam engines. The Second Industrial Revolution talks about electricity and mass production. The Third
Industrial Revolution is about using the better tools we built in the Second Revolution, where we harnessed the
power of information technology, robots and automation.
We now have tools that can build many times faster than the tools we had before. We are on the verge of a
revolution that will bring changes like nothing we’ve seen before.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings unprecedented developments in genetics, 3D printing, biotechnology,
nanotechnology, Internet of Things (IoT) and quantum computers.