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What would life be like without telephones and computers?  People today rely on many inventions that made communication easier.  Students with homework have to use computers to get information from the Internet.  For an emergency, people need fast communication inventions like a telephone to connect to help.  How were all of these inventions first created, and how have they changed over the years?  If you want to learn more about the communication inventions below, click on the picture to the left of that invention.

Telephones

One of the communications inventions that we could hardly live without today is the telephone.  The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.  Learn how he was inspired to create his greatest invention and how the telephone has improved over the years.

Morse Code

Before the telephone, the Morse Code allowed people to communicate long distances in a short amount of time.  It is still used today to allow people to share information with others by spelling words out with dots and dashes.

Computers

Did you know that computers were once too large to fit in a person's house?  What a change from today when they can fit in the palm of your hand!  Learn how computers were first invented and how they went from being the size of a building to the size of a notepad.

Typewriters

Before the computer, people used the typewriter to write papers for school, books, and letters.  The typewriter allowed people to create professional looking papers in their own homes and helped make the computer keyboard look the way it does today.

Printing Press

During the age of European exploration of the New World, books began to be printed using the printing press.  While lining up letters similar to stampers to print a page of a book or advertisement seems like it would take a long time today, before the printing press, all books had to be written by hand.  Learn how Gutenberg's amazing invention allowed every family to afford books and learn to read in the 1500's.

Braille

How would you read if you were blind?  Louis Braille invented a way for blind people to read using raised dots on paper.  Learn how Braille works and what inspired Louis Braille to help the blind.

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