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Telecommunications

By TJHaro9001

  • Semaphore Lines

    Semaphore Lines
    Used to communicate through optical signals, invented by Claude Chappe in 1790 on an unknown exact date.
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    Communications Timeline

  • Electrical Telegraph

    Electrical Telegraph
    A telegraph used for human-to-human communication invented by Francis Ronalds on an unknown exact date.

  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Patented by Alexander Grahm Belle, revolutionized communication where two could simultaneously talk to each other through voice-to-voice communication.

  • Radiotelegraphy

    Radiotelegraphy
    Way to communicate without the need of wires, founded by Heinrich Hertz

  • Electrical Television

    Electrical Television
    Invented by Kálmán Tihanyi to view moving images

  • Videophone

    Videophone
    AT&T invents the videophone, which allows people to communicate visually with audio

  • First Transatlantic Cable

    First Transatlantic Cable
    First Transatlantic cable laid down from Newfoundland to the Uk and was in service from 1956-1978

  • The First Network

    The First Network
    First network, ARPANET, created and paves the way for the creation of the World Wide Web and the Internet

  • First Satellite Phone

    First Satellite Phone
    Handheld mobile phones which allowed people to communicate with mobile handheld devices.

  • Augmented Reality (AR)

    Augmented Reality (AR)
    Possibly the future of communication, able for communication without the need of a handheld device.