The first industrial revolution began in the 18th century, resulting in mechanisation and enabling access to energy produced by steam engines. Then the 19th century gave us a new source of energy brought to being by gas, oil and electricity, making the combustion engine possible. In so doing, it changed the means of transport across the globe. The 1960s led us into the third industrial revolution, bringing us electronics and introducing us to the computing power of robotics. The past few decades brought us the fourth industrial revolution, led by the Internet. This has created an information age, which has driven globalisation,
