-
Charles Babbage plans a calculating machine that is considered to be the first computer.
-
S es amuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called “dots” and “dash”
-
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires
-
Period: to
WWI (range of dates) accelerates the development of radio for military communications
-
Commercial radio broadcasting becomes an important mass medium for entertainment and news
-
The very first few homes get television to watch broadcasted programs
-
Period: to
WWII (range of dates) accelerates computer technology
-
IBM technology company is formed and makes their first computer, the 701
-
First communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of 1964 Olympics
-
hard drives created
-
laptops created
-
Robert Kahn and Vincent Cerf invent the Internet, funded by the US Defense Department
-
computer created
-
digital printer created
-
ipod created