Telephones and mobiles /

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 wir...

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Main Authors: Jackson, Tom, 1972- (Author)
Published: Franklin Watts,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2015.
©2014
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Technology timelines
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Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Audience: Key Stage 2.
Key Stage 3.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781445135823
1445135825
CLC: TN929.53-49
Call Number: TN929.53-49/J144
Contents: Connecting -- Making calls -- Wireless -- Dialing up -- Punching numbers -- Computer networks -- Going mobile -- Adding pictures -- Smarter phones -- Video calls -- Wearable tech -- Future communication.