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The Technology Has Become More Advance

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In todays world, our technology has become more advance. First thing that comes to mind when thinking of technology is computers, internet, machines and phones (AAAS, 2014). The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines technology as, “the use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems”. Samuel Morse was credited with the creation and development of the morse code. According to Google, morse code is “an alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short signals of light or sound”. The development of Morse code allowed mankind to come up with ways we do things today, the internet, land lines and cell phones are all technologies that grew from the basis of Samuel Morse 's …show more content…

By 1942, Morse had built his first wire system for the use of the telegraph which was around a mile long. This turned out to be the first device to ever send electrical communication (NFC, n.d). This resulted in using telegraphs and making radio calls to communicate with AT&T that came out with the first radio-car-phone. But during 1949, Federal Communication Commission (FCCS) was able to create a separate radio channels to which other carriers which over the years had developed its own megahertz (MHz) frequency which allowed us to make mobile phone calls (Keith, 2004). Forty-One years ago on April 3, 1973 the first mobile phone call was made (Seward, 2013). Development of mobile technology was the start of the biggest trend known to modern day people. Into the twentieth century, phones became smarter. The smart phone is a multifunctional device that not only communicates, but helps to learn, earn, and have fun. They have the ability to features such as mobile Web, email, Bluetooth communication, touch screen access, camera, Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation, MP3 player and radio just in the palm of your hand. Cell phones are used to provide a sense of safety, to coordinate activities, and to provide accessibility and it studies how this device disrupts the public sphere (Ling, 2004). With everything around us becoming bigger and better we need to be able to keep in touch with the people around us and not around us. Technology is constantly

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