The first text message (“Merry Christmas”) was sent way back in 1992 in the UK. Text messaging spread as mobile phones became more popular in places like Japan, creeping into places like the US sometime later, but by the late 2000s, it was everywhere. By 2012, it’s estimated that 14.7 trillion messages were sent from mobile phones worldwide. That number grew to 28.2 trillion in 2017.
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Communicating With Deaf People Without Sign Language
Published October 18, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: American Sign Language, ASL, charades, communication, connection, deaf, Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre, DHCC, hearing, understanding
LifeHacker published a very helpful article and video –
When you don’t know how to connect with a deaf or hard of hearing person, you can complicate the process—or worse, shut them out entirely. If you need to communicate with a deaf person, here’s what you should do.
Talk To The Animals [video]
Published August 5, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: African Grey Parrot, animal intelligence, communication, Dr. Doolittle, Harvard, Irene Pepperberg, language, National Science Foundation, video, wildlife
How To Talk On The Phone – 1951 Booklet
Published March 15, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bell Telephone, cell, cellphone, communication, history, how-to, iPhone, landline, mobile phone, phone, receiver, technology, telehone
ClassicRotaryPhones.com presented a booklet from 1951, that was published by Bell Telephone to instruct people how to use the newfangled rotary dialed phones. They also have a PDF of the booklet available for downloading.
Don’t Talk To Aliens – Stephen Hawking
Published April 26, 2010 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: alien, communication, science, SETI, space exploration, Stephen Hawking, technology
THE aliens are out there and Earth had better watch out, at least according to Stephen Hawking. He has suggested that extraterrestrials are almost certain to exist — but that instead of seeking them out, humanity should be doing all it that can to avoid any contact. He suggests that aliens might simply raid Earth for its resources and then move on: “We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonise whatever planets they can reach.” He concludes that trying to make contact with alien races is “a little too risky”. He said: “If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”