Technology of Communication Timeline
TECHNOLOGY OF COMMUNICATIONS TIMELINE
- Thousands of years BC Speech
- Thousands of years BC Cave paintings, petragliphs
- 3300 BC Pictographic writing (hieroglyphics)
- 1800 BC Cuneiform writing
- 1500 BC Alphabetic writing
- 450 BC Greek optical telegraph
- 60 BC Motion picture theorized (Lucretius, Gk)
- 800 AD Chinese print whole page from wood blocks
- 1450 Printing press
- 1835 Photography
- 1844 Telegraph
- 1876 Telephone, phonograph
- 1894 Wireless telegraph
- 1895 Silent movies
- 1922 Radio broadcasts
- 1927 Sound movies
- 1930 Magnetic recording tape, full-color printing
- 1935 Color movies
- 1939 Packet paperback books
- 1940 Black-and-white TV broadcasts
- 1945 Modern computers
- 1947 LP (long-playing) records
- 1954 Transistor radios
- 1960 Color TV broadcasts, photocopiers
- 1962 Satellite communications, cassette tapes
- 1965 Local cable TV
- 1972 BETA VCRs
- 1973 Fax (facsimile) machines
- 1975 First personal computer
- 1976 VHS VCRs
- 1977 Apple II home computers
- 1978 Laser disks
- 1979 Personal stereos (Walkman)
- 1980 Home laser printers, portable video recorders
- 1983 CDs (compact discs), fiber optics, camcorders, cellular phones
- 1984 Stereo TV
- 1988 Digital audiotapes
- 1990 High definition TV invented, digital photography
- 1991 CD-ROM, CD-I
- 1992 MiniDiscs
- 1993 Videophones, digital radio
- 1994 On-line services, PCS (Personal Communications Services)
- 1996 High definition TV broadcast, vast expansion of the Internet
- 1997 DVD players
- 1999 High speed Internet
- 2001 DVD burners widely available
- 2002 MP3 data compression
- 2003 PC Tablets with handwriting to text, video email, personal video players.
- 2005 Holographic 3D Projection
- 2006 My Space, You Tube, Touch Light Interface
- 2007 MacSpeak
- 2010 IPad
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