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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






14. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






16. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






18. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






20. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






23. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






27. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






29. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






30. Tsai Lun invents paper






31. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






39. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






42. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






48. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






50. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone