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 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 YouTube ( ) 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