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History of Innovations in Electronic Communication

By dantz1025

  • Electric Telegraph's First Patent

    Electric Telegraph's First Patent
    Cooke and Wheatstone patent the electric telegraph. Cooke and Wheatstone's Electric Telegraph. (2015, January 22). Retrieved September 26, 2016, from Cooke and Wheatstone's Electric Telegraph

  • First Cooke and Wheatstone Message/Samuel Morse Telegraph Demonstration

    Samuel Morse demonstrates a telegraph signal that traveled 1700 feet at New York University while Cooke and Wheatstone's first message is transmitted from London to Camden Town. Cooke and Wheatstone's Electric Telegraph. (2015, January 22). Retrieved September 26, 2016, from Cooke and Wheatstone's Electric Telegraph

  • First Transatlantic Cable

    First Transatlantic Cable
    The first transatlantic cable is completed after the perfection of Morse Code. First transatlantic telegraph cable completed. (2010, August 5). Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-transatlantic-telegraph-cable-complete

  • First Message on Bell's Telephone

    First Message on Bell's Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell transmits first message through his telephone. "Mr. Watson- come here- I want to see you." Alexander Graham Bell. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Graham-Bell

  • Bell Telephone Company

    Bell Telephone Company is established to commercialize the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Graham-Bell

  • Invention of the CRT

    Invention of the CRT
    Ferdinand Braun invents the cathode-ray tube, the technological base for the television. He would later win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909. (Exact date unclear) http://www.citationmachine.net/bibliographies/124282086?new=true

  • First Transatlantic Radio Transmission

    Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio transmission in St. John's Newfoundland from Cornwall England. Guglielmo Marconi (2016) in Encylcopedia Britannica
    retrieved from: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guglielmo-Marconi

  • First Radio Broadcast

    The first radio broadcast from KDKA received on commercially sold radios. Within the next four years 600 commercial stations are established. KDKA begins to broadcast. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt20ra.html

  • Hewlett Packard (HP) first founded

    Hewlett Packard was founded after Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard sell eight Model 200B audio oscillators to Disney that were used in the production of the film Fantasia. The name was decided by a coin toss. By the clever use of the light bulb,. (n.d.). Founders | Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hpe/hp-information/about-hp/history/founders.html

  • Email developed

    Email developed
    Ray Samuel Tomlinson transmits first email through a network of side by computers. This prompted the creation of transfer protocols that set the grounds for email as we know it today.
    (Date not exact) History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Birth, The First E-mail Message of Ray Tomlinson. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://history-computer.com/Internet/Maturing/Tomlinson.html

  • First Mobile Phone Call

    Martin Cooper, senior engineer at Motorola calls a rival phone company to tell them he is calling from a mobile phone. Goodwin, R. (2015, April 16). The History of Mobile Phones From 1973 To 2008: The Handsets That Made It ALL Happen. Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://www.knowyourmobile.com/nokia/nokia-3310/19848/history-mobile-phones-1973-2008-handsets-made-it-all-happen

  • First Text Message

    The first text message is sent over Vodafone network to Richard Jarvis. The message simply read, "Merry Christmas." Limer, E. (2012, December 03). The First Text Message Was Sent 20 Years Ago Today. Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://gizmodo.com/5965121/the-first-text-message-was-sent-20-years-ago-today

  • Internet is Defined

    The Federal Networking Council offers a definition for the term internet that stated: ""Internet" refers to the global information system that -- (i) is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons. Leiner, B. M., et al. Brief History of the internet (n.d.). Internet Society. Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://www.internetsociety.org/internet/what-internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet

  • The First "Smart Phone"

    The First "Smart Phone"
    The Apple iPhone 3G is released which sparked the revolution of the smartphone. Tagline: "There's an app for that." Goodwin, R. (2015, April 16). The History of Mobile Phones From 1973 To 2008: The Handsets That Made It ALL Happen. Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://www.knowyourmobile.com/nokia/nokia-3310/19848/history-mobile-phones-1973-2008-handsets-made-it-all-happen