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Telecommunications inventions

  • telegraph - Joseph Henry

    telegraph - Joseph Henry
    a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection.
  • telephone - Antonio Meucci

    telephone -  Antonio Meucci
    A system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals.
  • radio - Guillermo Marconi

    radio - Guillermo Marconi
    is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves.
  • television - John Logie Baird

    television - John Logie Baird
    a system for converting visual images (with sound) into electrical signals, transmitting them by radio or other means, and displaying them electronically on a screen.
  • computer - Konrad Zuse

    computer - Konrad Zuse
    A machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.
  • tablet - Alan Kay

    tablet - Alan Kay
    Portable computer that uses a touchscreen as its primary input device. Most tablets are slightly smaller and weigh less than the average laptop.
  • mobile phone - Martin Cooper

    mobile phone - Martin Cooper
    Is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area.