From the battery to the microchip / train => pony express => telegraph => telephone => civil band => radio => mechanical tv => television => magnetic recording / video tape + CD + DVD => cable <=> satellite => GPS devices

History of Electronic Communication
Television Invention Timeline

Assignment:

• Choose a 21st century technology and write a brief ~ 500 word statement on which technologies from previous decades influenced its creation. How could it influence new technologies we have not heard of in the future? Please post these responses to your blogs.

Due October 15th by end of day

Links

otr.com
www.mztv.com
Television: evolution

Original recording of “War of the worlds” by Orson Welles / Felix the Cat / Early days of TV / Lucy / Norway to turn off FM in 2017