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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing






2. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston






3. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection






4. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article






5. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.






6. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






7. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun






8. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers






9. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply






10. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing






11. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.






12. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).






13. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






14. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.






15. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article






16. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






17. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'






18. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






19. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line






20. Internet2 organization created






21. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line






22. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






23. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.






24. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston






25. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






26. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.






27. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type






28. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use






29. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






30. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas






31. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers






32. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






33. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type






34. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN






35. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






36. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






37. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






38. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).






39. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas






40. Tsai Lun invents paper






41. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.






42. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist






43. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






44. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line






45. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media






46. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






47. Internet2 organization created






48. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






49. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use






50. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone