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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.






2. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






3. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.






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






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






6. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






28. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






29. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






30. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






32. Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil invent frequency hopping spread spectrum communication technique






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






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






35. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






36. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






37. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






38. Internet2 organization created






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






40. Internet2 organization created






41. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






42. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






43. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






44. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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