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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






5. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






17. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






18. Internet2 organization created






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






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






21. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






26. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






29. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






31. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






33. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






34. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






35. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






37. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






41. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






47. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






49. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






50. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing