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Roughly 200 years of major communications technology inventions

By Lachlan.Marryat

  • The Typewriter

    The first typewriter was built by Italian Pellegrino Turri in 1808 for his blind friend Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano. Site.xavier.edu. (2017). A Brief History of Typewriters. [online] Available at: http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • The Telegraph

    Developed by Samuel Morse in the 1830s and 40s, the telegraph changed everything as it allowed long distance communication. In 1844, Morse sent the first telegraph message from Washington, DC to Baltimore, Maryland. By 1866, there was a telegraph line accross the Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. to Europe. Message, F. (2017). Morse Code & the Telegraph - Inventions - HISTORY.com. [online] HISTORY.com. Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • The first telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, originally having the idea in 1874 and being granted a patent in 1876. Telecommunications, T. (2017). Alexander Graham Bell - Inventions - HISTORY.com. [online] HISTORY.com. Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • The Radio

    Guglielmo Marconi who was an Italian inventor sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. Public.wsu.edu. (2017). Who invented Radio?. [online] Available at: http://public.wsu.edu/~bryan.mclaughlin/Radio/Who_Invented_Radio.html [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • Television

    In 1927, Philo Farnsworth, an American became the first inventor to transmit a television image. ThoughtCo. (2017). A Look at the History of Television. [online] Available at: https://www.thoughtco.com/television-history-1992530 [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • Computer - ENIAC

    The ENIAC, Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer built in 1946 is known to be the earliest electronic computer. Engineersgarage.com. (2017). Who Invented the Computer? History of Computer Invention. [online] Available at: https://www.engineersgarage.com/invention-stories/computer-history [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • Mobile Phones 1G

    The mobile 1G network was created in the late 70s to early 80s. Bright Hub. (2017). History of Cellular Technology: The Evolution of 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G Phone Networks. [online] Available at: http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/emerging-platforms/articles/30965.aspx [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • Birth of the Internet

    ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983. This began the creation of networks. Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Wed (www) in 1990. Science, L. (2017). Internet History Timeline: ARPANET to the World Wide Web. [online] Live Science. Available at: https://www.livescience.com/20727-internet-history.html [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • Mobile Phones 2G

    The invention of the 2G mobile network came in the early 1990s. Bright Hub. (2017). History of Cellular Technology: The Evolution of 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G Phone Networks. [online] Available at: http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/emerging-platforms/articles/30965.aspx [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • Skype

  • MySpace

  • Facebook

  • YouTube

  • Twitter

  • Mobile Phones 3G

    The invention of the 3G mobile phone network was in 2007. GSM History: History of GSM, Mobile Networks, Vintage Mobiles. (2017). Inside the 3G Mobile Revolution. [online] Available at: http://www.gsmhistory.com/inside_the_3g_revolution/ [Accessed 31 Jul. 2017].

  • Instagram