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Radios
Radios were closely related to telecommunications and had many people working on it at the same time but credit was allocated to one person primarily.
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Sounds
Alexander Graham Bell experimented with a technique called "harmonic telegraph". During this process, he was able to hear sounds through a wire, the sound they experimented with a twanging clock spring. -
Voice
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Candlestick Phones
From the 1890s to the 1930s was the era of the Candlestick phone. It worked by making the receiver and mouth piece separate from each other. The style died out in the 1930s when they combined both the pieces. http://bgr.com/2013/12/13/telephone-timeline-a-brief-history-of-the-phone/ -
Homing Pigeons
In World War 1 and 2, pigeons were used to send important messages to each other. This method had a 95% success rate. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-one/the-western-front-in-world-war-one/animals-in-world-war-one/pigeons-and-world-war-one/ -
Rotary Phones
The Rotary phone was designed with both the reciver and mouth piece on one device. However the interatction with the buttons proved to be difficult and was then began to die out in the 1960s http://bgr.com/2013/12/13/telephone-timeline-a-brief-history-of-the-phone/ -
Answering Machine
The answering machine was convenient to most people. It allows users to receive messages without even being there.It began to get popular in the 1960s -
Push-button Phones
AT&T release a revolutionary design for the phone which is now push button. This made dialing a lot easier and also introduced "blue boxes" which allowed users to make long-distance phone calls. http://bgr.com/2013/12/13/telephone-timeline-a-brief-history-of-the-phone/ -
Mobile Phones
The Phones in the nineties were populated by Nokia and Samsung. They used a very similar style of technology to make their mobile phones. Some used a slider to make the dial smaller and more convenient. -
iPhones
Apple released a new phone that was utilizing a new touch screen technology. This technology expanded so much that in 2016 everyone has a phone with touch screens. -
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Future of Communication - Josh
I think that the future of communication can have many different outcomes depending on how well people will take to the idea of having microchips implanted in them. For example, communication couple be as simple as thinking a phone call to someone via some form of telepathy. -
Possible Bending Phone
Currently engineers are developing phones that can bend which means they can fit in pockets easier. This bending screen type might become pivotal in the future.
