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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






3. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






6. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






7. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






10. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






11. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






13. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






21. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






23. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






30. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






31. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






46. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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