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

By : Kirby Scott. Timeline of Contributions of Technology, Hardware, and Software Through the Years. 1450. Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press using movable metal type. 1609. Early newspapers are published in Germany . 1792. Mechanical semaphore is invented in France. 1876.

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

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  1. By: 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. 776 BC • Homing pigeons carry messages about the Olympics for Ancient Greeks.

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

  22. 1928 • Very first few homes get television sets to watch broadcast programs.

  23. 1866 • First successful transmission over a transatlantic cable.

  24. 1837 • Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps called dots and dashes.

  25. 1979 • The first emoticon is used in an email message.

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