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3200 BCE
The human voice
This was the first means of communication. -
1600 BCE
Invention of the alphabet
The next step in the communication area was the invention of the alphabet in Iraq and Egypt. -
200 BCE
Invention of paper
The invention of paper was an important step to communication process, to send information from one person to other -
150 BCE
Smoke signal
The smoke signal was used since before our age for alerting danger -
1476
Printing press
In Europe in the mid-15th century Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which made books much cheaper and allowed newspapers to be invented. William Caxton introduced the printing press into England in 1476. -
Newspaper
The first newspapers were printed in the 17th century. -
Pony espress
First messenger service, it was posible by horse. -
The telegraph
A cable was laid across the Channel in 1850 and after 1866 it was possible to send messages across the Atlantic. -
Radio
The beggining of a new era of distant communication -
Telephone
Was invented for Alexander Graham Bell, At first capable of communicating a house with another nearby -
Tv
John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal. -
Digital computer
By 1938, the United States Navy had developed an electromechanical analog computer small enough to use aboard a submarine, was the first digital computer, and a watershed in the communication area. -
Internet boom
During the 90s we could see the rise of the now known internet