Communication in tech. through out history
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Communication in tech. through out history
By: Tea Kidd, El’lesse Thurman, & Kiandra Morrison
1567
• Graphite “lead” pencil [holder] invented by Conrad Gesner
1800
• Electric pile (battery) demonstrated by Alessandro Volta
1822
• First mechanical computer invented by Charles Babbage
1826
• First internal combustion engine was patented by Samuel Mory
1834
• Braille invented by Louis Braille
1837
• First practical telegraph invented by Samuel F.B. Morse
1843
• Typewriter invented by Charles Thurber • Phonographic Correspondence Society formed
in England
1846
• Rotary printing press invented by Richard M. Hoe
1856
• Book & newspaper folding machine patented by Cyrus Chambers, Jr. 1856
• Property of magneto-resistance was discovered by William Thomson
1860
• Pony Express between Missouri & California
1868
• The electric voice machine was patented by Thomas Edison
• Trichrome color photo process patented by Louis Ducos du Hauron
1873
• Remington typewriter invented by Christopher Sholes
1879
• Incandescent light invented and demonstrated by Thomas Edison
• Ready-to-use dry plate for photography invented by George Eastman
1998
• Microsoft introduces the Windows 98 upgrade to 95 with improved Internet access and system performance
• The futuristic Apple iMac computer is introduced minus the floppy drive but with a new easy setup
• Florida High School Online begins online courses • Intel Teach to the Future launches a program for
worldwide integration of technology in the classroom
2004
• LinkedIn and MySpace bite into Friendster’s market share of social networkers
• Microsoft produces Class Server Learning Management Platform to aid school districts with NCLB challenge
2005
Information distribution via blogging and podcasting become commonplace on the WWW
• Spim, SPAM, spit, spyware, and phishing join viruses in computer annoyances, often transmitted via e-mail
• YouTube (www.youtube.com ) invented by S. Chen, C. Hurley, & J. Karim for online video sharing
2010
• Touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad, released by Apple
• YMax Corp, the makers of magicJack, has a new version that lets users make free calls from cell phones
• Intel developed the Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) that enables users to beam computer screen images to a TV