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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






6. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






18. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






20. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






23. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






25. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






27. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






28. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






33. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






36. Internet2 organization created






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






38. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






44. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






46. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






47. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






50. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code