Great Moments in Communication

By 14keishag
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    Johann Gutenburg invents a printing press using movable metal type.

  • Mechanical semaphore

    Mechanical semaphore
    Mechanical semaphore is invented in France.

  • Morse Code

    Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called "dots" and "dashes."

  • Transmissions

    First successful transmissions over a transatlantic cable

  • Phonograph

    Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.

  • The first radio signal sent across the Atlantic Ocean

    Gugliermo Marconi sends the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Pictures

    Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines.

  • Television

    Very first new homes get television sets to watch broadcast programs.

  • First Communications satelite is launched

    First communications satelite is launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 Olympics.

  • The Internet is inented

    The Internet is inented
    The Internet is invented by the U.S. government as a means of military communication

  • E-mail

    The first E-mail messages are sent.

  • The first emoticon

    The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message.

  • The World Wide Web

    Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

  • The first browser program

    Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program, allowing people to navigate the Web.

  • Flag signals

    Byzantine ship captains use colored flags to send signals to one another across the water.