History of Technology Timeline

By: Noah Cecil and Tyler Stricklin

1765

Erasers were first put on pencils.

1822

The first mechanical computer by Charles Babbage.

1835

Morse Code invented by Samuel F.B. Morse.

1901

Gugliermo Marconi sends the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.

1903

Powered airplane invented by the Wright brothers.

1923

Television invented by Philo Farnsworth.

1928

Very first few homes get television sets to watch broadcast programs.

1963

Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.

1970

The Internet is invented by the U.S. government as a means of military communication.

1971

E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson.

1976

Apple computer built by Steve Jobs.

1979

The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message.