Saturday 27 August 2016

How A Dog Helped Create The Talk Phone

By Ann Schmidt


People have been using traditional and cellular technology for years. However, only more recently has there been an integration between computer applications and the telephone. For example, the first Smart Phones were not in circulation until 1995. While this is the case, the first talk phone with similar technology came into existence in 1992.

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish scientist. The first to be credited with patenting a working model. Mr. Bell's brother, father and grandfather assisted in the development when it came to speech and elocution. Then, after much research and experimentation, Alexander's design was awarded the first U. S. Patent for a working model in 1876.

Ultimately, credit for the first working telephone was given to Alexander Graham Bell. For, had the scientist not decided to research hearing devices in hope of helping a deaf wife, the telephone as we know it may have never been invented. For, it is Alexander who created the first working model, thanks to a little help from a father, a sibling and the family dog in 1876.

Later, the scientist invented several other aspects when it comes to communications. For example, Mr. Bell spent more time working on optical communication, aeronautic and hydrofoil systems later in life. In addition, while Alexander has never been considered one of the founds of the National Geographic Society, the scientist served as the second president of the publication, thus having a strong influence on the magazine.

Mr. Bell first experimented with sound as encouraged by a loving father. A father who took his sons to see a unique automation created by Charles Wheatstone of the "mechanical man, " in 1863. The model included a simulated human voice which really grabbed Alexander's attention. After which, Mr. Bell translated a copy of the book into English. After which, the design was replicated with the help of his brother Melville, work that culminated into a working automaton.

Highly impressed and interested in the project, the boy's father offered to pay for all and expenses involved in the process. In addition, the project became more interesting to the boys after the father suggested a big prize when the process and project became successful. However, it was not until "Trouve, the family dog became involved that the project would see success.

While Alexander Graham Bell may have developed the first telephone with help from the family dog, it is clearly evident by human speech that sound can be transmitted. However, the resonance and volume seemed to lack stability or control, so Alexander continued research into changing these aspects while working with the family dog. After which, the ringer and volume levels on telephones were adjusted in a way to improve transmission rates, resonance and sound.

While the concept of talking dogs is nothing new with the many clips now on video sites like YouTube, Alexander's talking dog was not only the first dog to talk but most likely also the first to be included in this type research. A research project which help develop a system which could transmit sound waves. In addition, the process assisted in the discovery of using tuning forks to explore overall resonance and volume. After which, the scientist, with a little help from a loving father, brother, grandfather and the family dog completed work on the first telephone as a two-way communications device.




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