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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use






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






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






4. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






6. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






7. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






12. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






13. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






15. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






16. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






17. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






20. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






26. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






30. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






33. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






37. Tsai Lun invents paper






38. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






39. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






49. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






50. Tsai Lun invents paper