Digital Revolution’s Evolution: From Transistors to Connectivity
People were using more technology during this time, which made digital computers and digital records a common thing. Communication changed dramatically for humans because people were talking via computers, cell phones, and the Internet. With the rapid change in the social environment, we can now send more information faster than ever. This revolution brought the Information Age, which was the growth of knowledge and research through the World Wide Web.
In 1947, the transistor was created to help create a switch and help someone control the energy being applied in a machine or instrument. The transistor helped create the digital industrial age and held its foundation. By 1950, many governments, military forces, and other organizations were already using computers for day-to-day functions and protecting assets through the Internet. It was later, in the 1970s, when computers were used for in-home and for personal use. With more computers out, it opens new doors for programmers to have a chance to develop more applications and files for daily users. Popular items such as video games increased, as well as arcade games, which were getting the attention of many kids and children alike.
Phones were big, too; the first mobile phone was created by Martin Cooper in 1973 and was the first one to introduce the concept of talking wirelessly via phone. As businesses saw a trend, they capitalized on the digital market and created organizations that led to more jobs. The jobs were getting more and more people, and that meant files had to be kept in a digital record and stored from other organizations, so companies had to be very strict with their online files. In the 1980s, films started becoming more computerized, robots started showing up, and automated teller machines came out.
These new items allowed people to get better quality films, a better life, and easier access to funds without waiting in line. We also had many miscommunications at this time because landline services varied from time to time and were not really effective for calling long distances. The idea of analog phones was turned into digital phones by the year 1991 and had held a high demand from people. Phones were lighter and easier to communicate through satellite and antenna connectivity. The World Wide Web wasn’t introduced until 1992, and businesses’ demanded that all personnel knew how to use the computer. Therefore, life was much different as we progressed and improved the digital world as we continue towards the 21st century.
Internet’s Impact: Revolutionizing Communication and Innovation
Like Newton once said, “For every action, there is an opposite reaction,” and technology has positively acted on our influence to fortify itself as a fundamental aspect of our everyday life, yet most fear the opposite reaction of the magnitude it surges every day. The Information Age, also known as the spreading of ideas through media and research, helped us leap into the technological revolution. ‘Some have begun to call it the Information Revolution.
Technological changes brought dramatic new options to Americans living in the 1990s. From the beginning of the decade until the end, new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, work, and communication became commonplace in the United States. The driving force behind much of this change was innovation popularity known as the Internet.” (Leiner). The Internet has shaken our world and completely changed the computer and communications world forever; the invention of the first telegraph set the foundation and paved a road of unprecedented possibilities. Worldwide worldwide broadcasting is known as the Internet, a means by which users can interact and collaborate between computers despite their geometric distance.
Something as tremendous and expansive as it is nearly impossible to accredit such invention to a single person reviewed in a short article reads, “The Internet was the work of dozens of pioneering scientists, programmers, and engineers who each developed new features and technologies that eventually merged to become the “information superhighway” we know today.” and thus it is. Long before its existence, scientists had already predicted such a network capable of transmitting information through world-wild networks of information, and a distinguished scientist, Nikola Tesla, toyed with such a theory at a time when not many could wrap their heads around electric bulbs.
The modern day we live in now has changed drastically due to many improvements that have been applied since the 50s. The first iPhone was released on June 29th, 2007; it was the first phone that made our fingertips the driving force of our daily tasks. An article written by History Cooperative says, “The device was introduced as an iPod with a wider screen, controlled b