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Early 20th century
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The radio
One hundred years ago, on December 12, 1901, the Italian physicist Guillermo Marconi invented the radio, connecting Europe and America for the first time by means of a radiotelegraphic signal, a historical date for the development of modern communications. The radios have helped provide communication and entertainment to society. -
The television
It was a television project that could not be developed back then. Thus, it was the Scottish John Logie Baird who recovered in 1926, specifically on 06/26, this system devised years ago and gave rise to the first real television experience. The importance of TV in the socialization process is related to the quality of the contents of the educational, informative and entertainment programs that it transmits and also of the advertisements that influence the consumption habits of the population. -
The robot
George Charles Devol (Louisville Kentucky, February 20, 1912 - August 11, 2011) was an American inventor who created the first industrial robot.It was in 1954 when Devol conceived the idea of a device for the scheduled transfer of items. This was the first programmable robot. Robots helped society by making our lives easier and being effective. -
The nuclear power station
Twenty years ago, on June 26, 1954, the world's first nuclear power plant was created: that day, fission-released energy from uranium nuclei bombarded with neutrons became, for the first time, an industrial-scale source of electricity. The generation of electrical energy through nuclear energy reduces the amount of energy generated from fossil fuels (coal and oil) and that improves society -
The mobile phone
The first mobile phone was developed by Motorola on October 17, 1973. More specifically it was the engineer Martin Cooper, who brought this glorious invention to life. Cooper called the first mobile phone, Dyna-Trac. This weighed about 1 kilogram and its battery lasted only about 35 minutes. Mobile phones have modified and improved the way we communicate with each other. -
End of the 20th century