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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






3. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






5. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






8. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






9. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






10. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






17. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






21. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






25. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






35. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






36. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






40. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






43. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






44. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






50. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland