In looking back at the history of communication technology, we can go back as far as 3500 BC. However, the first major communication advancement that we see today happened in the mid 1400’s when the daily newspaper started to circulate. That is about the same time that the Gutenberg printing press began and communication could circulate through print. Jumping up a few hundred years to the late 1800’s, we saw the pony express mail delivery, the typewriter, photography, the telephone, and the answering machine develop. The early 1900’s began with comic books, motion pictures, and television making strides toward what we see today. In 1944, the government use of computers began. Then in 1951, the first commercial computer was built with MIT introducing computer graphics in 1951. 1966 was the year that the fax machine was made by Xerox and in 1969, ARPNET was released, which was the first internet. The 1970’s seen a lot of computer advancements like the first computer chip made by Intel in 1974. Microsoft began in 1975, and the Apple 2 came out in 1976. The first cell phone network was released in Japan in 1979. By 1980, the Microsoft DOS operating system was released. In 1983, the cell phone network began in the United States. In 1985, Microsoft’s first version of windows come out, and in 1991, the World Wide Web begins. The first blog was posted in 1994 and in 1995; dial up internet service begins with AOL, Prodigy, and CompuServe. That same year, Amazon.com and Ebay.com begin. In 1999, google and myspace started their impressive track to popularity and redefining of communication on the net. In 2001, Wikipedia began, and a year later, Flickr started as well. In 2004, facebook began, with Youtube starting only 5 years ago. As you can see, much of the technology that has been created has started recently. When looking at communication technology timelines, there are very detailed ones and general ones as well. The one I used was relatively broad because there is so much information on them. One key point to note though, is that the bulk of information and advancement of technology was from 1960 to the present. As we progress through time, advancements in communication technology will continue to evolve at an even faster pace. With this evolution, we will most likely find ourselves continually amazed by what’s next and may never be satisfied with what we have!
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Another way was the use of carrier pigeons in the 1800's I beleive. They were quite effecient at the time, beating out the previous methods by about 6 hours or so.
ReplyDeleteThey were also used in WW1 and WW2 to carry messages as well. Now they are being tested to carry network information for the internet.
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ReplyDeleteIt is interesting how many leaps and bounds we have made with technology. Especialy in the last two decades. It reminds me of Moore's Law(Moore's law describes a long-term trend in the history of computing hardware, in which the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years.) The reason Moore's law is important is that the speed of processors in computers is predicted to keep increasing at a exponential rate until the processors can't handle the load. Meaning the speed of communication will continue to increase untill our current processor technology reaches is limit. which I believe is predected to happen with in the next decade. It will be interesting to see how we overcome the limitation of copper and silicone based transistors which we depend upon so dearly with todays technology.
ReplyDeleteIs there anything we can use other than copper and silicone based transistors once we hit that limit?
ReplyDeleteScientists are experimenting with other materials. I think I may have glanced over an article that said carbon nano-tubes held promise. But I am not sure.
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