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Papyrus
Papyrus rolls were the first portable and light writing surfaces.The papyrus is a form of rush which grows by the Nile.
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Paper
Tsai Lun invented paper. He's from China. He made his paper by mixing finely chopped mulberry bark and hemp rags with water, mashing it flat, and then pressing out the water and letting it dry in the sun.
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Morse Code
www.wrvmuseum.org/morsecodehistory.htm
Samuel Morse invents Morse code. The information was sent as a series of electrical signals. Short signals are referred to as dots. Long signals are reffered to as dashes. -
Typewriter
href='http://http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html' The first typewriter was invented. It was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. -
Radio
First radios with tuners. They had dfferent stations. The radio has been the first device to allow people to inform others.
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Zip Codes
Zip codes invented in the United States. Used today in sales and marketing applications, internet technology, data collection and GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
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Internet
American government releases control of internet. "WWW" is created. The internet accrued 50 million users in just 5 years.
http://www.internetsociety.org/internet/what-internet/facts-and-figures
