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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






13. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






15. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






18. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






24. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






26. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






27. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






28. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






31. Internet2 organization created






32. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






34. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






36. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






37. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






41. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






50. Tsai Lun invents paper