Source:

Cave painting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_paintingHieroglyphs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphsPapyrus: http://legacy.earlham.edu/~seidti/iam/papyrus.htmlAlphabet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabetTelegraph: http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htmTelephone: http://www.corp.att.com/history/inventing.htmlTelepathy : http://www.crisco.unicaen.fr/des/Facsimile: http://strowger-net.telefoonmuseum.com/tel_hist_fax.htmlComputer: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htmPager: http://www.itexaminer.com/pagers-are-almost-history.aspxHologram : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HolographyMobile phone: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/04/03/first-mobile-phone-call-was-placed-40-years-ago-today/Smart watch: http://www.techradar.com/news/portable-devices/before-iwatch-the-timely-history-of-the-smartwatch-1176685Video conferencing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videoconferencing Tablet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tablet_computersSmartphone: http://itlog.net/content/first-smartphoneLoon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Loon Google glass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_glassSecond Sight, Wrist phone, ‘Cell phone': http://www.designworldonline.com/what-will-communication-devices-look-like-in-2033/

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FROM THEN TO NOW:

A HISTORY OF COLLABORATIONAND COMMUNICATION

1828 TELEGRAPH

- 40,000 years

CAVE PAINTINGThe earliest such art in Europe dates

back to the Aurignacian period,and is found inthe El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Spain.

1876 TELEPHONE

ANCIENT CIVILIZATION

MODERN AGE

FUTURE MODES OF COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

DYNASTY II, C. 2890 – C. 2686 BC HIEROGLYPHSFirst full sentence written in hieroglyphs so far discove-red was found on a seal impression found in the tomb of Seth-Peribsen at Umm el-Qa'ab.

GREEK ALPHABET800 BC

AbcThe Greeks borrowed the Phoenician alphabet and adapted it to their own language.

1936COMPUTERSThe Z1, originally created by Konrad Zuse, is considered to be the first programmable and functional computer.

Prototype launched in 2011.

Slick, wearable device with holographic images that follows a user’s hand to signal

incoming calls and messages.

-2,260 BC

PAPYRUSThe oldest written papyrus know to be

in existence, according to Kenyon.

1st telegraph in the USA, invented by Harrison Dyar.

Codec for full-motion videoconferencing, AT&T Bell Labs.

MODERN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Designed by IBM.

1992SMARTPHONE

Project started by Apple Computer.

1987TABLET

1986VIDEO CONFERENCING

1982SMART WATCH

Pulsar by Seiko was the first smart watch.

Google’s unofficial development on the project began in 2011.

2011LOON

Allows users to define the display in any shape and size. The touch screen, set in motion by oxygen-acti-vated liquid crystals, appears once the cap is taken off.

‘CELL PHONE' IN 2033

Second Sight lets users see the world in a whole new way through touch screens and holographic displays to make the communications experience more interactive. These adhesive devices work as a connector and sensor with interaction between the two devices.

SECOND SIGHT

2011GOOGLE GLASS

WRIST PHONE

IN LATE 19TH CENTURY

TELEPATHYOrigin of the concept in late 19th

century, according to Roger Luckhurst.

Invented by Al Gross in 1949, although it was available for the general public in 1958.

1958PAGER

Agreed standards on machine design done by CCITT, accelerated its development.

1968FACSIMILEFAX MACHINE

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

1973MOBILE PHONESMOTOROLA

1971HOLOGRAM

Dennis Gabor received Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention and

development of the holographic method.