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The non-electric telegraph was invented by Claude Chappe in 1794. His
system was visually based. There was a certain alphabet, and to read it you would
have to be in the right line of sight. In 1809 a man from Bavaria named Samuel
Soemmering created the first crude telegraph. His telegraph used gold electrodes
and it had to be in water. In 1825 William Sturgeon created an electronic
communications system that changed how the world communicated. In order for his
telegraph to work he had to lift 9-pound batteries and wrap iron around it with
wires. A man named Samuel Morse proved that signals transmitted through wires.
He later on invented the Morse code, which was marks or “codes” written on paper.
Samuel Morse’s telegraph was funded $30,000 and it could reach a total of 40 miles.
The government funded Samuel Morse’s telegraph. They were then able to
send messages from Washington to Baltimore or any other state within a certain
distance. The invention was used to communicate with other people from longer
distances away, without having to physically go to that individual. As technology got
better the distance that the telegraph could reach got further. Around the time of
World War 2 the telegraph was used a lot, but it wasn’t until telephones were
invented that the telegraph ceased to exist.
Morse code was invented in England. Samuel Morse decided to create an
object that will communicate digitally because he received a message from a
message man that his wife was very ill, and by the time that Samuel reached his
wife, she was already dead. Morse code is no longer used because we now have
telephones to communicate with each other. Morse code was used in World War 2
between General to talk about battles and strategic planning. Ordinary people also
used Morse code to communicate with friends about parties.
In 1838 Samuel gave his first presentation to the public about his new
invention. It took Samuel around 12 years to fully perfect the Morse code machine.
The first patent for the machine was issued in 1844.
Without the telegraph we would not have phones, because nobody would
have wanted to improve communications. If we didn’t have the telegraph people
would still travel to the person physically and deliver their news, but since the
telegraph was invented, people have been looking for more and more ways to
improve communication between each other.
Google Glass
On April 4, 2012 Google says that they are starting a new project called
Google Glass. Google was then starting a project that would take them around a year
to complete. Thomas Hawk, Larry Page and Sergey Brin where the men who came
up with the idea of Google glass. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the men who
founded Google. Sergey Brin received his education from Stanford University and
Larry Page received his education from Stanford University.
The purpose of creating Google glass was to be able to access information
from wherever you are. The invention is being used today. It was created about 2
years ago and it has been very successful. The purpose of this invention has not
changed. It is still used to find information on the go. As time goes on, Google has
been able to add for storage data and they have been able to add a lot more features
with it. Google Glass has changed the way we look at the world. Now we can access
information while we are driving (which is not safe) and while we are walking our
pets. Google has been able to turn a pair of glasses into a search engine. Google Glass
was invented in California at Google’s headquarters. This invention is used all
around the world.
The process for Google Glass started in April 2012 and it ended around
February 2013. Developing Google Glass took a long time because the people had to
take all of the data and put it into a par of glasses that people can wear around. This
invention has changed the way people look at the world. Now they can take pictures
without hauling a camera everywhere, or they can search using Google Glass and
they wont have to pull out their phones. One thing I can say for sure is; this is not the
end, there is more and more on its way, and it will be better than ever.
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