Walkie Talkie/Handheld Radio

          Used often, but highly overlook is the walkie talkie or hand held radio. . The walkie talkie was invented by Donald L. Hings of Canada in 1937. (Walkie Talkie, n.d) The ability to walk and talk or communicate while on the go is highly important. The military uses them in many different forms as well as regular civilians who like to be outdoors. The CB radio is a type of a hand held which allows communication to take place while a trucker is driving down the road. Hunters use hand held radios to communicate while deep in the woods to stay in contact with others. Although there are many platforms that the walkie talkie is used with such as headsets by NASCAR drivers to talk to their crew; they all operate on radio waves, frequency, and output strength.

Telephone

The telephone created by Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized communication. Due to the telegraph, no longer was the Pony Expressed required to communicate with some the next town over. However, you would still have to leave your home to go send the telegram. The telephone has gradually evolved into small computers everyone carries in their pocket. The internet can be accessed through smart phones as well as video chatting. Do you think Bell would have ever imagined his invention would be transformed to what it is today?  Technological advances have taken leaps and bounds from having to call an operator to be connected to someone else.           

           Again whether personal or professional, the telephone or cell phone has revolutionized communication. The cell phone is also responsible for such a hurried lifestyle and failed interpersonal relationship development. Hardly ever do you see a parent actually watching their kids play at the park because they are on their cell phone. While in a waiting room at the doctor’s office very little conversation occurs because everyone is using their phones. My family and I went to dinner one night and seen a family of four out together. Both parents and their kids were setting at the dinner table on their phones. Although communication through media is very convenient and beneficial we must invest efforts into not losing true social skills and face to face interaction.

Internet

          It is important to know where the internet has come from to fully appreciate where it is and where it is going. “ARPANET: Commonly thought of as the predecessor to the Internet and created by the US Department of Defenses Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). ( New Media Institute, 2014)” In 1965 two computers were linked for the first time by Lincoln Labs and Q-32 mainframe which enable the first ever computer to computer communication.( New Media Institute, 2014) The first commercial personal was available in 1975 and shortly after; Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer in 1976.(New Media Institute, 2014)The first domain was launched in 1984 and in 1990 the world wide web or www as we know it was formed. (New Media Institute, 2014)

    

Television

          Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927. The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor who had lived in a house without electricity until he was 14.(Stephen, n.d.) It is hard to believe that the T.V. has only been around less than 100 years. Think about those older generations such as the baby boomers and older being able remember actually not having a television and now seeing how times have changed. 
           "By the late 1990s, 98 percent of U.S. homes had at least one television set, and those sets were on for an average of more than seven hours a day. The typical American spends (depending on and the time of year) from two-and-a-half to almost five hours a day watching television." (Stephens, n.d.)