 Do you realize how important communication is in your life? In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell discovered that you could quickly transmit sound through vibrations to create acoustics or sound to the receiver of the person you are speaking with. Thus the invention of the telephone. Switchboard operating systems like this one soon became very popular as people were able to connect through a switchboard operator and reach someone on the other end. Surrounded by cell phones, Facebook and all the sorts of social media, it's easy to forget that most communications technology was invented in the past 200 years. I love to communicate and like a wise man once said, we have to apply the science of communication to the communication of science. My name's Carissa. I'm a National Science Technology Week Champion. Will you be one too?