Timeline of Contributions of Technology, Hardware, and Software Through the Years

1. By: Tray Clark Only Kirby Scott Timeline of Contributions of Technology, Hardware, and Software Through the Years

2. 1450 • Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press using movable metal type.

3. 1609 • Early newspapers are published in Germany.

4. 1792 • Mechanical semaphore is invented in France.

5. 1876 • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires.

6. 1877 • Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.

7. 1884 • First long distance phone calls are made.

8. 1900 • Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.

9. 1924 • Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines.

10. 1963 • First communications satellite is launched allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 Olympics.

11. 1972 • The first E-mail messages are sent.

12. 1975 • The personal computer, both small and powerful, is invented

13. 1982 • The first cell phones are available for sale.

14. 1833 • Washing and Scrubbing machine http://www.oldandinteresting.com/washboards-history.aspx

15. 19th Century • Clothing line http://www.oldandinteresting.com/drying-outdoors.aspx

16. 1760 • Dolly Stick http://www.oldandinteresting.com/washing-dollies.aspx

17. 19th or 20th Century • Plunger

18. 15th-17th Century • Washing machine http://www.oldandinteresting.com/history-washing-machines.aspx

19. 14th Century • Starch http://www.oldandinteresting.com/laundry-starch-history.aspx

20. 1837 • Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called “dots” and “dashes”.

21. 1901 • Guillermo Marconi sends the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.

22. 900 bc • Chinese develop postal system to deliver written messages.

23. Cherry pitter, 1880-1900 • Simple mechanical devices such as this cherry pitter were designed and perfected during the late 1800s. Advertised as "The Family Cherry Stoner," this pitter--intended to remove the stone without squashing the fruit--was popular but probably did not save much labor in the kitchen. • http://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1850/objects/cherrypitter.htm

24. Cookstove, 1880-1900 • Cookstoves burned wood or coal more efficiently than open fireplaces and allowed more control of the fire. With this model, wood was placed in the firebox through the small door on the left side. This small fire heated the cooktop and the large oven with its door on the front. Besides cooking the stove was used for heating water, boiling the laundry, heating the sadiron, and other tasks. Although its warmth was welcomed in the winter, it added to the insufferable heat of summer. The Excelsior Stove Company operated in Quincy from 1865 to the 1930s. A similar stove made in Quincy cost $27 in 1888. • http://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1850/objects/stove.htm

25. Graniteware coffee pot, ca. 1890 • Porcelain enamelwares were exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 and were recognized as a major improvement in the practicality and beauty of kitchenwares. Far lighter than cast iron, graniteware was unaffected by acidic foods and was easy to clean. Early pieces have a glassy, gray-mottled surface that, unfortunately, was easy to chip. Large pots like this one were sometimes called coffee boilers but could also serve to boil water for the many cleaning, bathing, and washing chores that a family faced before water heaters were available. • http://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1850/objects/cherrypitter.htm