Advancements in Telecommunications

Because of continuing attempts to find better and more efficient ways to communicate, the process of communication has steadily improved. Many of these improvements were made without the use of electronic technology. Human beings’ earliest attempts at communication were through nonverbal means such as facial expressions and gesturing. The use of these nonverbal signs, prehistoric people were able to communicate emotions such as fear, anger, and happiness. More specific motion

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The Marconi experiment eventually led to the development of the radio.

The information age has already arrived, and telecommunication technology has played an important role in it. The pony express was not the only time humans teamed up with animals to attempt to improve communications. That dream became reality in 1901 when Gugliellmo Marconi and two assistants stood on a hill in Newfoundland and listened carefully to their receiver. On an evening in November, 1920, radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, went on the air with the first live radio broadcast. However, the person credited with developing the first digital computer is Howard Aiken of Harvard University, who completed his project in 1944 . The concept of storing programs in a computers memory is credited to John van Neumann, an American mathematician.

Verbal communication probably started with a series of disorganized but meaningful sounds (grunts and snarls). By 1866 the first successful attempt to link Europe and America by undersea cable had been accomplished. Dogs and pigeons were used to carry messages, especially during wartime . Through the use of telecommunications, the opportunity to access vast amounts of information located in large commercial data bases are beyond belief. Martin believes “ The impact of television is legendary and has totally changed the way American families live” . Both the speed at which information could be effectively communicated and the distance over which information could be sent were severely limited.

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