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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media






2. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






11. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






20. Internet2 organization created






21. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






32. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






33. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






36. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






38. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






40. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






41. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






42. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






45. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






47. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






48. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






50. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph