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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers






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






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






4. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






6. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






10. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






11. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






12. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






16. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






21. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






23. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Tsai Lun invents paper






32. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






36. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






37. Internet2 organization created






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






39. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






42. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






43. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






48. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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