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Electric light
Humphry Davy invents the first electric light, however it was too bright for practical use and did not last long enough. -
Photograph
Nicéphore Niépce makes the first known photograph, a picture of the courtyard of his house -
First telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the first telegraph at this time. He used it and sent a message from Washington D.C. to Baltimore. The first message to be sent, "What hath God wrought" -
First Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call, addressing his assistant “Mr. Watson—come here—I want to see you.” -
Radio
Guglielmo Marconi sends a Morse code message of the letter "S" across the Atlantic -
Television
Philo T. Farnsworth makes the first electronic television transmission, which was a horizontal line -
Computer
John Atanasoff designs the first digital electronic computer. It would use binary numbers and its data stored in capacitors. -
Artificial Intelligence
Arthur Samuel writes a checkers program -
Personal Computer
The first computer that is small enough for home use, the Altair, is invented -
Internet
Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn produced the TCP/IP which is the basis for how data is transmitted over the internet