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The Evolution Of Technology

By Yasmin Lopez
  • 60 BCE

    Communication And Technology.

    Since early history, humans have relied on technology to increase the speed and ease of communication.
  • 60 BCE

    Optical Telegraphic Media

    Smoke and torch signals were the first known "optical" telegraphic media. They transferred messages over large distances with the help of relay stations. Just like in Lord of the Rings.
  • Romans draw glass into fiber.
    27 BCE

    Romans draw glass into fiber.

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    Joseph Nicéphore Niépce makes the first photograph using the process of heliography: Bitumen of Judea was coated onto a piece of glass, and the Bitumen hardened in proportion to the amount of light that hit it.
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    Jacques Babiner guides light in water and bent glass rods.
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    First transatlantic telegraph cable completed. It funcioned for just three weeks.
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    George Eastman sells his Kodak Camera Number 1 for $25.00
  • First Digital Photograph

    First Digital Photograph

    The first digital photograph is created, 20 years before the first Kodak digital camera. The photo is a digital scan of a fil, photograph, in an Instagram-worthy 176x176 pixels.

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    Theodore Maiman demonstrates the first laser.
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    Telstar 1 communication satellite is launched by NASA. It allowed live broadcasts of television images between the US and Europe.
  • First Mobile Phone

    First Mobile Phone

    The first mobile phone, DynaTAC, invented by Martin Cooper, weighed 2 pounds and measured 9 x 5 x 1.75 in.
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    First Iphone is released.

  • Zoom

    Zoom surpasses 300 million daily online meeting participants.