History of Information Technology

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Reflective Essay

Throughout this course on the History of Information Technology, I have learned an incredible amount about the history of the subject throughout the ages. There is much to be said about information technology and the way it has shaped our world and our species. From hieroglyphs to the internet, we have studied them all in…

Artifact 3 – The Search Engine in America

The Internet has been revolutionary to the world at large. It represents the culmination of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer. It is simultaneously a platform for world-wide broadcasts, a medium of communication, and a tool of collaboration. It is without a doubt, the most significant advance in communication technology in the history of mankind….

Artifact 2 – The History of Airmail

In the famous story, flight ironically arose out of a small town in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 17, 1903, when the Wright brothers figured out heavier than air flight. Aviation technology reaches back over two thousand years, from hot air balloons and kites, to heavier-than-air jets, super-sonic flight, and aerial combat. It is without…

Artifact 1 – History of the Japanese Language

The Japanese are an old and venerated people that took their small island nation into the international limelight and the forefront of technology. Before these modern accomplishments however, the “people of the sun” were very exclusive and avoided contact with the outside world. The written Japanese language is largely held as the hardest language…