Communication

By hongmynguyen47

  • 1889 Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone or automatic telephone exchange.

    1889 Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone or automatic telephone exchange.
    The first telephone book was published in New Haven, by the New Haven District Telephone Company in February 1878. It was one page long and held fifty names - no numbers were listed as the operator would connect you. The page was divided into four heading residential, professional, miscellaneous, and essential service listings.

  • 1904 first regular comic books.

    1904 first regular comic books.
    According to many experts, the precursors to modern comics were the satirical works of artists like Rudolph Töpffer, Wilhelm Bush, Christophe, or Angelo Agostini (first Brazilian comic artist).

  • 1910 Thomas Edison demonstrated the first taking motion picture.

    1910 Thomas Edison demonstrated the first taking motion picture.
    The first great invention developed by Edison in Menlo Park was the tin foil phonograph. While working to improve the efficiency of a telegraph transmitter, he noted that the tape of the machine gave off a noise resembling spoken words when played at a high speed. This caused him to wonder if he could record a telephone message. He began experimenting with the diaphragm of a telephone receiver by attaching a needle to it. He reasoned that the needle could prick paper tape to record a message. Hi

  • 1930 radio popularity spreads with the “Golden Age” of radio. First television broadcasts in the U.S.

    1930 radio popularity spreads with the “Golden Age” of radio. First television broadcasts in the U.S.
    Television was not invented by a single inventor, instead many people working together and alone over the years, contributed to the evolution of television.

  • 1835 Samuel Morse invents Morse code.

    1835 Samuel Morse invents Morse code.
    The electric telegraph is a now outdated communication system that transmitted electric signals over wires from location to location that translated into a message.

  • 1951 computer are first sold commercially

    1951 computer are first sold commercially
    This series covers many of the major milestones in computer history (but not all of them) with a concentration on the history of personal home computers.

  • 1963 zip codes invented in the U.S.

    1963 zip codes invented in the U.S.
    The change in character of the mail, the tremendous increase in mail volume, and the revolution in transportation, coupled with the steep rise in manpower costs, made adoption of modern technology imperative and helped produce the ZIP Code or Zoning Improvement Plan.

  • 1969 ARPANET the first internet started.

    1969 ARPANET the first internet started.
    "The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation." - supreme judge statement on considering first amendment rights for Internet users.

  • 1979 first cellular phone communication network started in Japan.

    1979 first cellular phone communication network started in Japan.
    The basic concept of cellular phones began in 1947, when researchers looked at crude mobile (car) phones and realized that by using small cells (range of service area) with frequency reuse they could increase the traffic capacity of mobile phones substantially. However at that time, the technology to do so was nonexistent.

  • 1985 cellular telephones in cars become wide-spread. CD-ROMs in computers.

    1985 cellular telephones in cars become wide-spread. CD-ROMs in computers.
    Cellular: A type of wireless communication that is most familiar to mobile phones users. It's called 'cellular' because the system uses many base stations to divide a service area into multiple 'cells'. Cellular calls are transferred from base station to base station as a user travels from cell to cell. - definition from the Wireless Advisor Glossary.