After observing the EOTO presentations, I learned a lot of new information about different inventions. From my group, we presented the compact disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), television, cassette tape, personal computer (PC), and the camera phone. Some of the other inventions that were mentioned in class were the emoticon, emoji, and printing press. It was very interesting to learn about the evolution of technology throughout history. You don't really think about how big of an impact that technology has had on our nation's history.
The first emoticon has been traced back to a typo error in one of the speech transcripts of President Abraham Lincoln. The meaning of emoticon is pretty straightforward, it is an emotion icon. Using different keyboard symbols, people started to curate emoticons to share their expressions within their messages. The emoticons are made up of many symbols, including punctuation marks, numbers, and letters.
Though the emoticon was first founded in the United States, the first "emoji" was first introduced in Japan in 1997. The word "emoji" is derived from the Japanese meaning of "e" and "moji". In Japanese, "e" means picture and "moji" means character. Emojis have brought a new level of creativity and expression to the world of communication technology. Today, emojis have become vastly popular around the world with over hundreds of different emojis offered on Apple's emoji keyboard. These are a great alternative to show expression in online messaging conversations if you can't be face to face.
This is just one example of how impactful communication technology is on our world. There are so many other revolutionary inventions, including instant messaging, video games, postal service, and Netflix, as well as other streaming services. I was surprised at some of the information I learned from these presentations because I hadn't known the details about the inventions' creations.
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