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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






5. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






7. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






12. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






18. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






19. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






20. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






25. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






26. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






32. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






34. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






37. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






38. Tsai Lun invents paper






39. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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