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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






9. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






10. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






11. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






13. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






16. Tsai Lun invents paper






17. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






23. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






38. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






39. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






40. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






41. Internet2 organization created






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






43. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






45. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






50. Tsai Lun invents paper