Here are some of the key inventions and inventors that lie behind today's technology.
Single Wire Telegraph
Samuel Morse
1791 - 1872
The single wire telegraph was the first widely deployed long distance communications system.
Qwerty Typewriter
Christopher Scholes
1819 - 1872
The Qwerty typewriter became the standard text entry device and is still used worldwide today.
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
1847 - 1922
The telephone was the first long distance voice communication system.
Automatic Exchange
Almon Strowger
1839 - 1902
The automatic exchange enabled the rapid and widespread deployment of telephone services.
Wireless Telegraph
Guglielmo Marconi
1874 - 1937
The wireless telegraph was the first wireless communication device.
Mechanical Calculator
Blaise Pascal
1623 - 1662
The Pascaline was the first automated calculator to go into production.
