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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






4. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






5. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






11. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






13. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






16. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






19. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






20. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






21. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






27. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






28. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






30. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






32. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






36. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






42. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






46. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






47. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






50. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph