Great moments in communication

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press using movable metal type.
  • newspapers published

    Early newspapers are published in Germany
  • Semaphore

    Mechanical semaphore is invented in france.
  • Worlds first computer program

    Ada byron a mathematician,writes the world's first computer program for a computing machine designed by Charles Babbage, but never built.
  • Samuel Morse invents short telegraph messages

    Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called "dots" and "dashes."
  • Successful transmissions

    First successful transmissions over a transatlantic cable.
  • Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone.

    Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone.
    Alexander Graham bell invents the telephone, trasmiting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires
  • Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

    Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
    Thomas edison invents the phonograph a device to record sound on a wax cylinder
  • First long distance phone call

    First long distance phone calls are made.
  • Gugliermo Marconi send first radio signal

    Gugliermo Marconi sends the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Pictures are first transmitted

    Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines.
  • First home television

    First home television
    Very first few homes get television sets to watch broadcast programs
  • the internet

    The internet is invented by the U.S. government as a means of military communication
  • First email

    The first E-mail messages are sent
  • Personal computer

    The personal compute, both small and powerful, is invented
  • First emoticon

    First emoticon
    The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message
  • Cell Phones

    Cell Phones
    The first cell phones are avaible for sale
  • World Wide Web

    Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide
    Web
  • First browser program

    Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program,allowing people to navigate the web