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Invention of the Radio
On December 23, 1900, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden Developed a new system of wireless communication that revolutionized the telecommunications industry. He created the first device that you can hook a microphone up to and send transmissions that were understandable language by sending electromagnetic radios a distance of up to 50 miles. -
Radio-control developed
In 1911 John Hays Hammond founded Hammond Radio research laboratory. At this lab, they worked on working on rudimentary and later more advanced radio systems. By 1914 they had a shell for basic radio control. This would go on to be the base of the first radio guided missile system. -
telegram as banking standard
By this time the telegraph has become the most prominent form of communication between banks across america. All bank transactions between banks are made via telegram allowing banks to easily transfer currency and clients between one another allowing for all transactions to go smoother. (there wasn't a day or month in my source so i set it as January 1st) -
invention of the television by Farnsworth
Early television designs utilized principles based on mirrors, and spinning disks to convert images in the form of light into electrical signals for telecommunication, however they suffered from poor resolution. Farnsworth's approach to this problem, involved the use of the element cesium, which when excited with photons, emitted electrons. The outbreak of a world war halted future progress -
Television revamped by RCA
In 1934 RCA and British Communications revamped Farnsworth’s dead television project. Although Farnsworth's approach (patented as an "image dissector" in 1927), was revolutionary for television technology, lack of funding and pressure from the Radio Industry inhibited further development. In 1934, and 1939, that British Communications and RCA bought the rights to his design, and it wasn't until after WWII, did television begin increase in popularity. -
Alan Turing and the Turing machine
Alan Turing Created the Turing machine in 1940 to crack the enigma code, a code that was used to encrypt messages messages between the Nazis in the second great war. The creation of the Turing machine revolutionized computer science by showing people that technology can be used to preform large mathematical algorithms. This was also very influential in the alies winning world war 2 by allowing them to listen in on conversations between the Nazis. -
transister
Out of the Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1947 came the invention of the transistor, which sought to replace vacuum tubes. The smaller size, and durability of transistors, as well as size improvements in other electrical components, allowed electrical engineers to produce smaller, and more complex electrical circuits, however this also meant that connecting these circuits became substantially more difficult. -
invention of the laser
In 1958, Bell Communications rearchers Arthur L. Schawlow, and Charels H. Townes, published the first paper in the Journal of the American Physical Society describing the invention of the LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) which was a major milestone for the field of physics, and developed the foundation for the multi-million dollar communications industry today. -
the invention of the integrated circuit
The invention of the integrated circuit, (IC) solved the problem of connecting vast arrays of tiny electrical components such as diodes and capacitors, that followed to compliment the invention of the transistor. This allowed engineers to develop ever smaller, and more complex electronics. -
The invention of the computer mouse
During the Joint computer conference on December 9th 1968, Douglas Engelbart unveiled an invention, that would significantly change the way computers were operated. The computer mouse allowed users to intuitively choose a position on an X,Y coordinate plane, and allowed for software engineers to create the point and click UI we are familiar with today. This made it much easier for the average consumer, who would have had to use the much less intuitive command line interface (CI) to operate it. -
The intel 4004
This was a silicon semiconductor based chip measuring only 0.13" x 0.06" and contained 2108 physical transistors, allowing it to rival the computing power of the original ENIAC, which occupied 3000 cubic feet of space. It replaced a Japanese design for a small calculator that would have required 12 different custom semi-conductor based chips, and instead used a 4 bit command set, that used read-only memory, and general purpose registers, to become the worlds first general purpose microprocessor. -
Invention of the mobile phone
the mobile phone is to this day one of the most used inventions of the 20th century. Before 1983 there were phones that were mobile but they were the size of brief cases so they were not logical to carry around. in 1983 the MOTOROLA DYNATAC 8000X came out and became the worlds first truly mobile phone as a person could carry it in their hand and put it in their pocket. It took 10 hours to charge and lasted 30 minutes. It also boasted a LED display to allow the user to dial. -
Archie
Archie was the very first search engine. It was created by Alan Emtage who was a post-grad student at Mcgill university, and Bill Heelan who studied at Concordia University. It was created around the TELNET protocols at his collage at the time and later updated to support the internet after the collage upgraded to it. To this day archie remains online while its servers remain maintained though it is no longer being updated. -
Creation of Google
Google was founded on September 4th 1998 as a upgraded and cleaned up version of Archie would grow to be one of the biggest internet based corporations around. Google is still relevant today as many people rely on it to carry out their day to day lives. Google started out as just a search engine and quickly grew to be more. Google now does maps, music, books, smartphones and so much more after pretty much monopolizing the market when it comes to search engines.
