Communication Adavancements

By chaynes
  • 550 BCE

    Postal Service

    We think that the first postal service was created in Ancient Persia, but do to limited research, we aren't sure.
  • Photographic Image

    Photographic Image
    The first photographic image was made by Joseph Nicephore Niepce. His process was called heliography, where he would use teh reaction to light that certain substances had to copy and image from an engraving.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Joseph Henry and Edward Davey came up with the idea of a telegraph, although they didn't create it. The had both demonstrated that a weak signal can be amplified so it can be transmitted for a longer distance.
  • Improvement Of Telegraph

    Alexander Graham Bell vastly improved the telegraph. These improvements intiated the study of electromagnetic telephones.
  • Telegraphone

    Telegraphone
    Valdemar Poulsen created the telegraphone. It is basically a invention that plays back sounds. It was used for an answering machine in later years.
  • Mobile Phone

    Mobile Phone
    The first mobile phone was created by Motorola. It was called the "DyncaTAC" and costed about $3,500 for the consumer.
  • Iphone

    Iphone
    The Iphone doesnt have a true inventor considering there are over 200 patents on it. But the idea came from a man named John Casey how made drew a phone that had touch screen called the "telipod." Though many people helped make the iphone Steve Jobs is referred to a lot when talking about the inventor of the iphone.
  • First True Postal Service

    First True Postal Service
    The first true postal service recorded was made by the Romans. It was mainly used to message the emperor. Although, this probably wasnt the first postal service, this was the first one recorded.