TuteSpark Week 3: Digital and Non Digital Comunication Technologies

In relation to the Tute Spark this week, we were told to find three Non Digital Communication Technologies.

I didn't realise how hard this would be. It made me think how much people in the Twenty first century rely on technology and the constant advancements of technology.

However, I did find three Non Digital Communication Technologies. Although they are aged they have still influenced society as much as Digital communication technologies.

The first analog technology I thought of was an obvious one, the am radio. Without Guglielmo Marconi's Noble prize winning invention of the radio telegraph system, created over a century ago, people throughout history would not have been able to gain from the benefits of this influential technology. Without this technology this means that society would have been without current world news, communications in wartime, live broadcasting, music and altogether general entertainment.

The second non-digital technology I thought of happens to be even older than a.m. radio, although it is not used today it has aided society throughout history. This technology is known as Morse code. Morse code was influential, much like the radio, in it's use in war time. Morse code was used in war as a quick communication method from one place or person to another. The most famous message in Morse code known to date, would be

. . . - - - . . .

otherwise known as SOS.

Lastly but none most unimportant is the landline telephone. This communication technology is one of the more recognized non-digital communication methods known to twenty first century society. The landline telephone runs on a transmission that is via radio waves.

This technology is still being used to date, although it has somewhat been replaced by mobile phones, this technology that has been around for one hundred and forty years is still one of the most largely used communication devices today.

Although digital communication devices are considered an essential to society today, we should consider the non-digital communication devices and their many uses that have aided society throughout history.