The Printing Press: Then & Now

It's no secret that the last couple of decades have been a whirlwind of technological advances throughout the world. We're experiencing a period in time that succeeding generations are likely to read about in history books and we could very well be in the center of a technological revolution, which, like most experiences, is unfathomable until it has transpired.
One of the most interesting and influential developments in technology would have to be the progression of the printing press. The first printing press, invented by Johaness Gutenberg in 1455 brought along a huge change in the world of publishing. Since then, cultural influence through tangible literacy has increased rapidly and allowed for individuals as well as corporations to print thousands of copies of texts with, virtually, the touch of a button. The printing press has evolved from a huge, barbaric, torture-device-looking machine to a chain of streamlined mechanisms which require little human labour.