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