1983年4月美国《芝加哥论坛报》科学撰稿人科图拉克在《科学界与工业界期待第四次工业革命》一文中提出美国已进入第四次工业革命阶段。第一次工业革命始于十八世纪末,其基础用煤冶炼铁矿石及棉纺工业的机械化。第二次工业革命始于十九世纪四 In April 1983, in a paper entitled “The Fourth Industrial Revolution in Science and Industry,” the U.S. Chicago Tribune science writer Katullak put forward that the United States has entered the stage of the fourth industrial revolution. The first industrial revolution began in the late eighteenth century with its mechanization of coal-based iron ore and cotton spinning. The second industrial revolution began in the nineteenth century