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Semaphore Telegraph
Claude Chappe invented the first long-distance telegraph. Using a telescope, they would read a message, then pass it to the next tower. -
Camera
Joseph Nicephorus Niepce invented the first camera. He invented the camera to be able to take pictures of things, so now we can go back to pictures taken from the past. -
Computer
The first computer was made by Charles Babbage. The computer was made to automate mathematical calculations that were previously completed by people. -
Telegraph
The telegraph made by Samuel Morse was used to communicate text messages more rapidly than by physical transportation. -
Telephone
Alexander Gram Bell invented the first telephone. The simultaneous transmission and reception of the human voice. -
Radio
Guglielmo Marconi invented the first radio. People used to use the radio for entertainment and would all sit around the radio and listen to the news. -
Television
Philo Taylor Farnsworth was the main inventor of the first television. The television was made so people could capture moving images, transform those images into code, then move those images in radio waves to various devices. -
PowerBook
The PowerBook was made to incorporate SCSI Disk Mode, which allowed it to be used as an external hard disk on a desktop Macintosh. -
MP3 Player
The mp3 Player was made to reduce audio file size, and keep the sound quality of the original uncompressed recording. -
iPhone
The iPhone was designed by Steve Jobs, he designed the iPhone to be a super slick phone, and because he hated a guy at Microsoft.