Media History

1436
On January 1
st
in 1436 the first printing press
was invented by Johannes Gutenberg
First Printing Press
1837 telegraph invention
On January 1
st
Charles Wheatstone and
William Cooke patented the worlds first
successful electric telecommunication device.
The telegraphy was the first to practical use of
electricity for long distances, this led to the
first public communication network
First Tepegraph
1866-1895
In 1866 Mahlon Loomis provided the first
demonstration of wireless communication,
and then in 1895 Guglielmo Marconi sent the
first radio signal. Radio developed from
wireless telegraphy towards the end of the
19th century. Spark transmitters made a
crackling noise in the receiver, speech and
music was not possible.
First Wireless communication device
1876
On march 20
th
1876 Alexander Graham Bell
invented the First landline. Bell was no only a
inventor but a scientist and a teacher of the
deaf. On March 7
th
he received a patent for
this device
1957
On January 1
st
1957 the first satellite was
invented and the sputnik 1 was launched on
October 4
th

First Satillite
1936
On January 9
th
in 1936 the first computer was
invented by Kinrad Zuse, it is consider to be
the first electrical binary programmable
computer
First Computer
1934
On August 25
th
1934 Philo Farnsworth
invented the world first public demonstration
of a complete all-electronic televison.
First Television
1974
Cigarette Advertisements were banned from
television
No smoking :(
1973
On the 17
th
of October Martin Cooper, a
Motorola researcher is considered to be the
inventor of the first mobile phone for
handheld use in a non-vehicle setting. He
made the first call April 3rd 1973.
First Mobile Phone
2001
On October 23 in 2001 the first IPod was
invented they named this the first generation
IPod classic, this was made by Macintosh.
First Generation Ipod Classic.