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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Internet2 organization created






3. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Internet2 organization created






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






13. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






16. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






19. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






23. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






29. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






30. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






32. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






33. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






36. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






37. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






49. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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