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Timeline

By Xavi Nadal
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    The first commercial system, and the most widely used needle telegraph, was the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, invented in 1837.
  • Computer

    Computer

    English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer.
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Was the culmination of work done by many individuals, and led to an array of lawsuits relating to the patent claims of several individuals and numerous companies.
  • Radio

    Radio

    The invention of radio communication spanned many decades of establishing theoretical underpinnings.
  • Television

    Television

    Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927.
  • Tablet

    Tablet

    Jeff Hawkins, the founder of Palm Computing, created the GridPad. Some call this the first tablet computer.
  • Mobile phone

    Mobile phone

    Martin Cooper
    The first handheld cellular mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper of Motorola.