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    What would the world be like if cars didn’t exist? What would the world be like if smartphones were never invented? These utilities that American’s use in everyday mundane life was thought up of from kids who would rather tinker with motherboards or engines than play football with their friends. Despite their future achievements, these children have been labeled as ‘nerds’ or ‘geeks’. These geniuses are discriminated against for being able to bring amazing technology to the hands of an average…

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    Disconnected Urbanism by Paul Goldberger argues cell phone usage initiates the isolation between the reality of society’s surroundings and presence by insisting that calling or texting someone diminishes the importance of culture and place. Goldberger states, “You are there, but you are not there,” which means cell phones demolish a person's potential to experience complete urbanism in a precise location, but instead transports individuals to another realm. His entire argument on phones is based…

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    believe was the most influential in United States History. A telephone is a device that allows for users to have a conversation. It transmits sounds, usually voices, through wire or radio. Bell’s invention was not the first by any means. It was just better and clearer. Alexander Graham Bell, a scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator, is credited for creating the first ever telephone. He was the founder of AT&T. (American Telephone and Telegraph Company.) Bell was born in…

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    In his essay “Cell Phones and Social Graces”, Charles Fisher prevails to achieve his goal; to touch everyone who luckily has the chance to read it. He starts off his essay by listing all the astounding features that cell phones have, alongside the main motivations to own one; however, soon he backs off by changing his paper’s tone to humorous diverting one, and takes a different path with real-life examples, to put the reader’s hands on the drawback impacts of the submissive reliance on cell…

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    1. When should the telephone be used instead of email? According to our text, in-person communication should be used when the recipient is in the same location. (p. 99) I think it is silly to use the telephone or email when you can just walk over to the individual or group. On table 4.1, it says the telephone can provide immediate feedback unlike using email. (p.100) I think both should be used; however I think the telephone is more effective. Emails should be used as more of historical data or…

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    The telephone was needed to communicate with others at important times and at long distances quickly and cheaply. It also was used to talk with friends or family more often. The late 1800’s needed this invention because it was hard to get messages around the world so quickly before it. You also couldn’t see the faces of the person you were talking to, this was made possible after changes were made. There were many problems that came up though. A problem was that Bell made a telephone company…

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    The first time I had a phone I was in elementary school, and had it for about 2 years. Then as life moved on, and events took place, I was not allowed to have one, and did not have one for almost two years. When I was in fourth or fifth grade I was allowed to have another one and kept it until the sixth grade. My dog had torn it apart, and because of financial reasons, there was only one phone in the house, between three people, and it was a old slide up phone. Not a touch screen and it could…

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    Like any other great invention there was a small beginning idea to it. Alexander graham bell was a one of the major contributors to the creation of the telephone alongside Thomas A Watson. Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, scotland. As a child Bell was homeschooled and received one year of education in a private school, in addition he also received two years of education in Edinburgh’s Royal High School. Alexander G. Bell was not a very good academic student, yet showed promise in…

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    to Canada, then finally settled in the United States.He got over 100 patents,one was for teaching a method to the deaf people to understand peoples voice , one was because of his greatest invention, the telephone! The telephone has made a big difference in the worlds communication. Also the telephone has made a big difference around the whole globe , including helping businesses , family members and helping the the people out throughout the whole world , making their lives easier. Alexander…

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    communication by inventing the telephone. Bell’s father, grandfather, and brother has all been associated with work on speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. At the age of twenty three, Alexander Graham Bell moved to Canada with his parents. His research on hearing and speech at Boston University further led him to experiences with hearing devices which culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876. A…

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