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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






3. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






5. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






11. Internet2 organization created






12. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






13. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






19. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






21. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






22. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






25. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






28. Internet2 organization created






29. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






30. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






33. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






49. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






50. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph