Modern History: Communications and Computers

1455 – Printing Press

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press

1826 – Camera and Photography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera

1844 – Telegraph and Morse Code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy

1876 – Telephone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone

1886 – Radio Waves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_wave

1896 – Motion Pictures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_film

1920 – Commercial Radio Broadcasting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting

1936 – Universal Computing Machine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine

1939 – Commercial Television Broadcasting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television

1945 – Programmable Computer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC

1947 – Transistor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor

1948 – Communications Theory – Shannon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_theory

1951 – Commercial Computer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC

1954 – Personal Entertainment Device

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_radio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handheld_game_console

1959 – Integrated Circuit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit

1962 – Communications Satellite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar

1965 – Computer Hardware Costs Decline

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law

1970 – Email

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email

1971 – Microprocessor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor

1973 – Cellular Phone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone

1974 – Internet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

1974 – Personal Computer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer

1977 – PC User Interface

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II

1979 – Spreadsheet Killer App VisiCalc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsheet

1981 – MS DOS operating system for IBM compatible microcomputers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS

1981 – Microsoft Windows

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows

1990 – Web Browser

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser

1998 – Search Engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search

2004 – Social Media

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

2007 – Smart Phone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone

2022 – Artificial Intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT

Summary

Electronic, semiconductors and digital. Networked. Integrated. Powerful. Personal.

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