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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






7. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






8. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






30. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






32. Tsai Lun invents paper






33. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






34. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






43. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






44. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






46. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






47. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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