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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






6. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






7. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






17. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






20. Internet2 organization created






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






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






23. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






25. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






26. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






30. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






36. Tsai Lun invents paper






37. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






40. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






42. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






44. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






46. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






48. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






49. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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