Communication

Evolution of Communication

By ben61694
  • Jan 1, 1116

    Books Are Created

    Books Are Created
    Chinese sew pages to make stitched books.
  • Jan 1, 1452

    Printing

    Printing
    Metal plates are used in printing.
  • Jan 1, 1560

    Postal service

    Postal service
    Legalized, regulated private postal systems grow in Europe.

  • Microphone

    Microphone
    In London, Wheatstone constructs a microphone.

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Wheatstone and Cooke patent an electric telegraph in England.

  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Bell invents the telephone.

  • Transmitting Data

    Transmitting Data
    A photograph is transmitted by wire in Germany.

  • Broadcasting Stations

    Broadcasting Stations
    The first broadcasting stations are opened.

  • Television

    Television
    Baird demonstrates an electro-mechanical TV system.

  • TV News

    TV News
    TV news "comes of age" in reporting JFK assassination.

  • Microprocessor

    Microprocessor
    Intel builds the microprocessor, "a computer on a chip."

  • IBM PC/Laptops

    IBM PC/Laptops
    The IBM PC.
    The laptop computer is introduced.

  • Pictographs 3500 BC

    Pictographs 3500 BC
    In Sumer, pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets.

  • Invention of Paper 105AD

    Invention of Paper 105AD
    T'sai Lun invents paper.