A dashboard is an easy to read, single-page graphical presentation of current status within an organization. With the increasing popularity of BI solutions and web applications as a delivery platform, there has been an increasing demand for easy to implement web portals that operate as functional dashboards.
In 1874, along with W.C. Brown, Latimer co-invented an improved of a train water closet, a bathroom compartment for railroad trains. Two years later, Latimer would play a part in one of the worldâs most important inventions. In 1876, Latimer was sought out as a draftsman by a teacher for deaf children. The teacher had created a device and wanted Lewis to draft the drawing necessary for a patent application. The teacher was Alexander Graham Bell and the device was the telephone.
By the year 2000, more than a billion people all over the world had gone wirelessâusing cellular technology to talk and deliver text and photos on super-lightweight telephones smaller than a deck of cards. Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone in 1876 rang in the era of talking at a distance.Innovators in the 20th century expanded the telephone's reach across continents and oceans, figuratively shrinking the world and connecting its citizens.irst phone to combine a ringer and handset. AT&T introduces the Model 500 telephone, the first that combines a ringer and handset. The classic black rotary phone, featuring an adjustable volume control for the bell and later a variety of colors, becomes a cultural icon.