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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






4. Internet2 organization created






5. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






8. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






10. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






13. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






18. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






19. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






20. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






21. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






24. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






38. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






42. Tsai Lun invents paper






43. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






48. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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