Presentation Reaction: Wired and Wireless Telegraph





During the presentations, I learned a lot. One of the things that stood out to and interested me was the history and impact of the wired and wireless telegraph. 

The wired telegraph was created by Samuel Morse in the 1830s. He was also the one who developed "Morse Code" in collaboration with Alfred Vail. Morse code was a new code that assigned dots and dashes to each letter of the alphabet. This code was transferred over the telegraph to send messages to people far away. The first message sent over the wired telegraph was sent on May 24, 1844, saying "What hath God wrought". Messages like this were initially written on paper and then had to be translated and then had to be sent to whomever by hand. This was known as the Last Mile Problem. 
The wireless telegraph was created by Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor. The wireless telegraph allowed communication without wires, using the electromagnetic spectrum. Marconi created a telegraph company in Britain called the British Marconi and in America called the American Marconi, later renamed Radio Corporation of America (RCA). 

It is vital to learn how early technology eventually led up to what we have today. The hi
story and creation of these two significant inventions in history truly interested me during the presentations. 

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