Drill 12/1/15 ■Name three communication technologies that we talked about yesterday and their importance in advancing communication ■What is the definition of communication? ■How did better communication help advance technology in the modern age?

Drill review ■Telegraph – instantaneous communication ■Telephone – easier to communicate ■Printing press – mass production of written material, cheap, easy ■Communication is the purposeful activity of information exchange between two or more participants in order to convey or receive the intended meanings through a shared system of signs and semiotic rules. ■Better communication = better collaboration, easier to innovate and faster development of new ideas

Communication Technology 20 th century to Present ■1958 – Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier for office use ■1960 – Color TV broadcasts ■1962 – Cassette Tapes ■1963 – First geosynchronous communications satellite ■1965 – First sent (MIT) ■1971 – 8 inch floppy disk removable storage medium is introduced

Communication Technology 20 th Century to Present ■1973 – Fax machines ■1975 – Personal Computer (PC) is introduced ■1976 – VHS VCRs ■1977 – Apple II home computers ■1978 – Laser disks are introduced

Communication Technology 20 th Century to Present ■1979 – Personal Stereos (Walkman) ■1980 – Home laser printers, portable video recorders ■1983 – CDs, fiber optics, cellular phones ■1989 – Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau build prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN

Communication Technology 20 th Century to Present ■1990 – High Definition TV, digital photography ■1992 – Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (text message) ■1994 – Internet Radio broadcasting is born ■1996 – Motorola Star TAC mobile phone introduced (significantly smaller than previous cellphones)

Communication Technology 20 th Century to Present ■1997 – DVD players introduced ■1999 –High speed Internet, satellite radio, Napster peer- to-peer file sharing ■2001 – DVD burners widely available ■2003 – Myspace is launched ■2004 – Facebook is launched ■2005 – Holographic 3D projection

Communication Technology 20 th Century to Present ■2005 – YouTube is launched ■2006 – Twitter is launched ■2010 – IPad introduced, Instagram launched

Exit Ticket How has any of the technologies discussed in this class impacted your life? 2.If you could invent any new communication technology what would you make? Why? 3.Which communication technology do you think has made the biggest impact on our society? Why?