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Chinese invent printing by inking carved wood blocks
- Made in Jin Dynasty
- Now appears in Tang Dynasty. -
Homing pigeons carry messages about the Olympics for Ancient Greeks.
- The pigeons told names of victors
- The pigeons told names of contstants -
Johann Gutenburg invents the printing press using a moveable metal type.
-The first thing printed was a diomand sitra
-it was first invented in china -
Early newspapers are published in Germany.
- Created by Johann Carolus.
- Was first printed in German language. -
Mechanical semaphore is invented in France,
-It was invented by the chappa brothers
-It was composed of two black hands -
Ada Byron, a mathematician, writes the world's first computer program for a computering machine designed by Charles Babbage, but never built.
- Never able to build.
- Was a nine year project. -
Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and lond beeps called "dots" and "dashes."
- First one was sent from Washington D.C.
- It was named after him, the creator. (Samuel Morse) -
First successful transmissions over a transatlantic cable.
- It was used for telegraph communications.
- Different types were made over a 9 year period. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires.
- Got helped by Elisha Gray.
- Bell won for the telephone. -
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.
-He was the first person that found a way to record sound
-At first it was originally called "The Talking Machine" -
First long distance phone calls are made.
- First made March 27th.
- Installed in the white house. -
Gugliermo Marconi sends the first radio across the Atlantic Ocean.
- It was an experiment.
- It was a crude design. -
Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines.
-The machines are called fax machines
-It allows you to share without printing -
Very first few homes get television sets to watch broadcast programs.
- They began as simple as display tubes.
- It took many decades to perfect. -
First communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broardcast of the 1964 Olympics.
-It was helpful to the war fighters
-The second satellite was launched by the dod -
The internet is invented by the U.S. goverment as a means of military communication.
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The first E-mail messages are sent.
-The people were part aof a group theat sent the e-mail
-at first the mailbox had a particuler name -
The personal computer, both small and powerful, is invented,
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The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message.
- They were used to display emotions that could not be said.
- The " :) " was made in 1972 -
The first cell phones are available for sale.
- First sold for $3,995
- Was a "brick" -
Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
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Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program allowing people to navigate the Web.
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Chinese make paper from rags.
-Built in A.D times
-Started in Korea -
Chinese develop postal system to deliver written messages.
- Since mid 19 century
- Needs proof of postage -
Byzantine ship captains use colored flags to send signals to one another across the water.
- So only they could understand
- The navy began to decline, and use morse code -
Sumerians record pictographs representing words on clay tablets.
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Neanderthal man carves a picture on a wooly mammoth tooth.
