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The Telegraph
An apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel. (actual date unknown) -
Fax
The telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. -
The telephone
A practical device for transmitting the human voice by means of an electric current. -
Radio
Demonstrated that rapid variations of electric current could be projected into space in the form of radio waves similar to those of light and heat. -
Instant messaging
A type of online chat which offers real-time text transmission over the Internet. A LAN messenger operates in a similar way over a local area network. Short messages are typically transmitted bi-directionally between two parties, when each user chooses to complete a thought and select "send". -
Email
Messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network. -
Virtual reality (SEGA)
The wrap-around protoype glasses had head tracking, stereo sound and LCD screens in the visor. Sega fully intended to release the product at a price point of about $200 at the time, or about $322 in 2015 money. However, technical development difficulties meant that the device would forever remain in the prototype phase despite having developed 4 games for this product. This was a huge flop for Sega. -
Video chat (skype)
Allows users to use video in order to communicate with other users allowing them to see the surrounding environment and talk with other users simutaneously -
iPhone (smartphone)
Multitouch interface that let the iPhone smoothly pinch-to-zoom, the physics-based interactivity that included inertial scrolling and rubber banding, and the multitasking that let him move seamlessly from music to call to web to email and back. -
Smart contact lense (samsung)
In the future, we could all be wearing smart contact lenses, like the ones secret agents use in movies. Samsung has been granted a patent in South Korea for contact lenses with a display that projects images directly into wearer's eyes, according to the Samsung-focused blog SamMobile. A built-in camera and sensors are controlled by blinking.
