Telephones and mobiles
Series: Technology timelines
Published: 2015
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781445135823
Subjects: Cell phones; Juvenile literature; History
Description: From early forms of communication, such as the telegraph, and morse code to today's super-fast communications through the internet, trace the evolution of technology's developments in all things telephone-related. A host of communication devices and telephones technologies, such as how wires are used and why vibrations are important, to wireless mobile phones and sending digital images and sounds via smartphones, show how inventors and engineers have developed and improved on technology to make telephones such an important part of human history. This book also dissects some of the major developments in each era, to give a rounded picture of these amazing machines. Technology Timelines is a series of six book aimed at upper KS2 and early KS3 readers, tracing the development of specific technologies through the ages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Connecting; title: Making calls; title: Wireless; title: Dialing up; title: Punching numbers; title: Computer networks; title: Going mobile; title: Adding pictures; title: Smarter phones; title: Video calls; title: Wearable tech; title: Future communication.