The Early Future:
“All this is the work of the last half century. Who can tell what another century may bring forth! Search further, ye patient labourers in the field of electricity, for many brilliant discoveries await you still. Examine well the laws that govern this subtle power, and soon will you meet your reward.” -Highton Edward. The electric telegraph: its history and progress, 1852.
Innovations include:
-The telephone - "Harmonic Telegraph"- Alexander Graham Bell 1870
-Radio
-Fax machine
“All this is the work of the last half century. Who can tell what another century may bring forth! Search further, ye patient labourers in the field of electricity, for many brilliant discoveries await you still. Examine well the laws that govern this subtle power, and soon will you meet your reward.” -Highton Edward. The electric telegraph: its history and progress, 1852.
Innovations include:
-The telephone - "Harmonic Telegraph"- Alexander Graham Bell 1870
-Radio
-Fax machine
These innovations were evidently a paradigm from the progression of the telegraph to more advanced and sophisticated technologies. Such inventions like the radio helped during times of crisis like the Great Depression by helping spread information about the stock market, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's announcements. The Fax machine and telephone helped transfer information internationally and reduced the amount of time one spent traveling to deliver a message.
The Modern Future:
Innovations include:
- The internet
- Celular devices
Innovations include:
- The internet
- Celular devices
From the building blocks of the Telegraph, more advanced technologies have emerged that reformed the telegraph into a more convenient and efficient device. The telegraph was an innovation that was prevalent throughout the history of the United States through the predominant changes in communication that would reform society, industrialization, and wars. Many major turning points in American history depict the importance of the Telegraph through the communication barriers that were overcome. The telegraph facilitated long distance communication and inevitably sparked the invention of the telephone as well as expanding the concepts of electricity. Through this innovation the lens of communication is evident through the exponential growth of ideas and knowledge that was conveyed within messages sent across the United States.