EOTO Presentations post

During the EOTO Presentations, we learned a lot about different technologies history. Beginning with the Postal service, The first trace of mail was found in egypt around 2000 BC! Around 1477 the first comprehensive government postal system was created in France. Following 1477, in 1775 the first postmaster general was appointed by Ben Franklin. Then, in 1792 post office was created with the passage of the postal service act. The postal service had a ginormous impact on people as they were able to send sealed messages across the world. Today it contributes to an increase in literacy rates and there is a huge decline in using postal service. This is due to using email, text messages and so many more social media applications on our cell phones.

  In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell created the Telephone. This invention was a huge success. Now the people didn't have to send pigeons with messages, not knowing how long it would take for the message to get to the person. Instead, the telephone being created was a simple way to communicate with others long distance. It was much quicker, convenient and they didn't have to worry about if their message would make it. It also created a lot more jobs for the people to sell, repair and manage the telephones.

1992 was a huge mark for our world. The smartphone was born from IBM. This cell phone had a small screen and 1 hour battery! In todays day and age that is nothing! In 2001 the smartphone was able to connect to the internet through 3g connection. This opened up so many recourses for everyone. You were able to call, text and find out answers to any question you had with just a click of a button! Although this technology brought a lot of positivity to the world, it also created many problems such as it becoming a huge distraction, your privacy was at a high risk and it created many mental and physical health problems. it is truly insane to think about how quickly technology evolves and how big of an impact it has on our daily lives.

Today, messages can be sent in a matter of seconds to someone across the world and our cell phone batteries last hours upon hours. I cannot even begin to fathom the new technology that will come out and make a huge mark on this world.