Advancements in Technology
Advancements of Technology
Charles Gathright
COM172
June 03, 2014
Deborah Voyt, PHD
Advancements of Technology
Technology has changed the world as we know it. Through many decades of research and inventions the world has transformed from what used to be simple mechanics to complex engineering in functionality. Many people often argue the fact of whether it is good or bad. How has the advancements of technology affected the world today? Technology has made life easier for us by way of communication, transportation, and education.
Advancements in Communication
Our ways of communicating to one another has grown enormously over the years. What once started as a simple conversation or a letter delivered by a courier has transformed to multiple new ways of getting a message to one another. Because of technology we are able to converse with others over far distances at the speed of sound; for example, the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, which was used by talking to an operator and having them connect you to the person that you wished to speak to. In 1915 Alexander Graham Bell made the first transcontinental telephone call to Thomas Watson from New York to San Francisco by using a new invention called the long distance signal by using the world’s longest telephone line; which was made up from 2,500 tons of copper wire and 130,000 poles. By this time telephones had switched to what was called rotary dialed phones, which made it easier for people to make calls to one another without the use of an operator by the using electronic switching systems and other technological advances were soon invented. The North American Numbering System was invented in 1947. This was a system that assigned telephone numbers to the customers in the United States as well as Canada and many Caribbean nations. The phone numbers consists of ten digits. The first three numbers identifies the area
Charles Gathright
COM172
June 03, 2014
Deborah Voyt, PHD
Advancements of Technology
Technology has changed the world as we know it. Through many decades of research and inventions the world has transformed from what used to be simple mechanics to complex engineering in functionality. Many people often argue the fact of whether it is good or bad. How has the advancements of technology affected the world today? Technology has made life easier for us by way of communication, transportation, and education.
Advancements in Communication
Our ways of communicating to one another has grown enormously over the years. What once started as a simple conversation or a letter delivered by a courier has transformed to multiple new ways of getting a message to one another. Because of technology we are able to converse with others over far distances at the speed of sound; for example, the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, which was used by talking to an operator and having them connect you to the person that you wished to speak to. In 1915 Alexander Graham Bell made the first transcontinental telephone call to Thomas Watson from New York to San Francisco by using a new invention called the long distance signal by using the world’s longest telephone line; which was made up from 2,500 tons of copper wire and 130,000 poles. By this time telephones had switched to what was called rotary dialed phones, which made it easier for people to make calls to one another without the use of an operator by the using electronic switching systems and other technological advances were soon invented. The North American Numbering System was invented in 1947. This was a system that assigned telephone numbers to the customers in the United States as well as Canada and many Caribbean nations. The phone numbers consists of ten digits. The first three numbers identifies the area
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