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The Printing Press
The Printing Press developed in 1440 in Germany. This New invention allowed for News papers to be made, helped local citizens to keep up with the latest news, created books that were affordable to lower class, and proved influential in promoting revolutions, and religious upheaval. -
The Steam Engine
The Steam Engine was one of the most important inventions of the industrial revolution. the steam engine added and created many changes to technology of that time period. -
The Telegraph
The Telegraph was the first of many communication breakthroughs. Future technology that was to come was the Radio, Telephones and Email. the telegraph used morse code to convey messages by stopping the flow of electricity through communication wires. This machine made a great impact on the Government, Trade, Banking, Industry, Warfare, and News Media. -
The Electric Light
The Electric light were used everywhere, in homes, street lamps, flashlights, and car headlights. Because of the complex networking of wires that were in light bulbs, these light bulbs helped lead to Electric wiring and Other household appliances. -
Train
Penydarren or "Pen-y-Darren" locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick. The first train carried a load of 10 tons of iron. This is an important advancement in technology because it created a cheap and faster way for citizens to travel around. -
Camera
Nicéphore Niépce created the first camera. he used a very small camera of his own making and a piece of paper coated with silver chloride, which darkened where it was exposed to light. -
Telephone
Antonio Meucci is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849, and Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854, Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876. -
Car
Karl benz from germany created the first automobile -
Radio
Guglielmo Marconi proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. By 1899 he flashed the first wireless signal across the English Channel. The radio was important because citizens were able to get world new faster. -
Communication Satellites
The first communication satellite, Telstar, was launched in the 1960s it was the beginning of the end of an era of spotty communications. The technological discovery of an “active” communications satellite one that could send and receive signals was used immediately, The communication satellite aloud tv broadcast systems to broadcast live.
