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Telephone
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, this form of communication was a huge step in the advancement of technology. -
Radio
The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission. -
postal system
The first postal relay stations were proved to have existed in Persia, in the 6th century BC. The ancient Greeks, however, had their own messenger services in each state town. -
LIe Detector
The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie. -
Typewriter
William Burt of Detroit, USA, was granted a patent in 1829, for a machine called a typographer. In this the type was mounted on a rotating semicircular frame, and depressed against the paper by the operation of a lever. -
Newspaper
The first newspaper was created by Julius Caesar in 59 BC. This consisted of many copies of hand written parchment sheets which were posted on to the main buildings of Rome. -
Triode
Lee Deforest invents the electronic amplifying tube or triode - this allowed all electronic signals to be amplified improving all electronic communications i.e. telephones and radios. -
paper
Papyrus was made from the fibres of a plant which was common in the Nile Valley. The word ‘paper’ has been derived from the plant was scraped off, intertwined and pressed by craftsmen and finally left to dry. -
Press agency
On the basis of written agreement, in 1835, the Frenchman Charles Havas created the first press agency. This agency had access to important information due to its government contacts. With the invention of the telegraph, information could be dispatched abroad. -
Cinema
In 1832, the Belgian Joseph Plateau made a disc with holes around the edge on one side and an image representing a girl skipping on the other. This disc was placed in front of a mirror and rotated on its axis continuously. -
Computer
The computer was invented by Konrad Zuse in 1935-1938, though it is a primitive version compared to what we have now, this invention was truly remarkable in his own time. -
Printing press
Gutenberg used replaceable/removable wooden or metal letters brought down the price of printed materials. -
photographic film
Before the invention of the photographic film, the photosensitive media had been the sheet of albumenated glass, albumen paper, the collodion plate, the dry plates of bromide on gelatine and the negative paper -
Laptop
Like the computer there is much dispute over the true inventor, but the first design for the laptops most commonly used today was invented by William Moggridge in 1979, primarily used by NASA. -
Television
There is much dispute over the true inventor or television, some credit the invention to Philo T. Farmsworth in 1972 who created something similar to what we use today, -
Internet
The internet was invented by Vinton Cerf in 1973, the internet was created to connect computers in close proximity to one another making file sharing easy. -
Cell phone
The Cell phone was invented by Dr. Martin Cooper in 1973. This version was quite large and bulky, had a low battery life and was more of an eye sore compared to the small, long lasting sleek phones we have now. -
Floppy disc
The computer floppy disc invented.
The microprocessor invented - considered a computer on a chip. -
color printing
Playing cards were printed in several colors since the 9th century. This technique must have begun in China. The procedure involved applying different colored inks to a block of engraved woods, which then simply had to go to the press. -
Disc player
This prominent cover article in the February 1977 issue of Popular Science magazine stated that both the RCA SelectaVision and the Philips/MCA (on cover) VideoDisc systems would be on the market in 1977. -
Computer player
In October 1977 Atari released the Video Computer System or what later became known by its model number, the Atari 2600. This game system went on to become one of the most popular of all time, expanding from the initial offering of 9 game cartridges to over a 1000. -
Imagination machine
The most note-worthy feature of the APF Imagination Machine computer was the integration of a videogame console onto the top of the computer console. -
IPOD
The IPod was created by Tony Fadell in 2001, the iPod was traditionally designed as a MP3 player, but it was different to traditional MP3 players because it had a built in battery which you were able to charge rather than ones you had to provide AAA or AA batteries for and change regularly. -
Imac pedeistal
In 2002 Apple re-designed their CRT-based iMac computer to use a flat-panel LCD screen mounted on a pedestal with a chrome arm permitting the display to be rotated in a number of ways. -
Facebook
Face book was invented by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, face book was a radical new way to share information with your friends from hundreds of miles away,
