Advances in communication technology

Communication is one of the most important parts of
human life. Communicating with each other and passing
information and understanding each other are of vital
importance if you are to survive in society. Methods of
communication, verbal and non-verbal have come a long
way since the time we communicated for simple needs
like hunger and illness.
Since Alexander Graham Bell the methods of
communication technology has developed at an
alarming rate. This actually shows us that mankind was
actually waiting for a technological breakthrough that
would push us to the next step in communication.
Imagine if Bell did not invent the telephone, what kind of
world would we be living in today. Almost every thing
that concerns communication uses the technology.
Graham Bell discovered not only the telephone, but the
base for all modern communication methods.
Today we can pick up a telephone and call any one
around the world or in some exceptional cases
astronauts who are based in space stations. We have
the internet, satellite communication and so many other
ways that we can communicate.
Consider the internet; it's one of the largest if not the
largest form of passing and gathering information.
Today many households, companies, schools,
organizations, businesses and many other corporations
use the World Wide Web. It can be used for many
purposes like advertising, sending and receiving e-mails,
publishing personal information, gathering information,
and so many other implications that you can practically
live on the net. At this very moment when you are
reading this article which is published on the internet
you are using a source of very powerful communication
device. I would dare say that the World Wide Web has
surpassed the TV, radio and the newspapers as a
source of communication.
A couple of centuries ago mankind did not even dream
of communicating with the use of the sky, much less
dream of something like satellite communication. A
couple of decades ago we did not dream of what we
could do with satellite communication. Today satellite
communication has become one of most powerful
methods of communication. Everything from phones to
the internet to the TV and radio can be used through
satellite communication. Through satellite
communication it is possible for an individual to
communicate with any one who has a similar
communication device. This can be done from any
where in the world. The latest GPS (General Positioning
System) can show an individuals position with pinpoint
accuracy. An individual can ask for directions from the
system and it will show you the closest route that you
can get there. If the road to the destination is under
construction or if you cannot go in that path the GPS
will choose a different route for you.
We are now trying to communicate with extra terrestrial
beings that might be out there using the latest
communication technology. We can communicate with
animals, understand what trees are trying to tell us,
understand the movement of the earth it self and try to
understand when an earthquake might happen. We can
try to understand how the earth has evolved and make
an estimated guess on how it will react in time to come.
The best and worst part about communication is that it
evolves, develops and expands. The way we see the
world today will be totally different to how we might see
the world in another 10 years time. Communication
methods and ways might change and expand in ways
that we never thought possible. Now it is even possible
to move and control other objects by the movement of
your hands, movement of your eyes and even by just
thinking it. In the future we might start to communicate
by just thinking about it. All this might be in the future,
but for the moment talking and body expressions are
some of the simplest and best ways to express yourself.