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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






6. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






7. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






11. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






13. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Internet2 organization created






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






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






24. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






27. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






30. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






36. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






41. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






43. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






45. Internet2 organization created






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






47. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






49. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






50. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet