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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






9. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






10. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






14. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






17. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






21. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






23. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






26. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






27. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






30. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






44. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






45. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






49. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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