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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






2. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






7. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






8. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






10. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






12. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






14. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






19. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






25. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






39. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






41. Tsai Lun invents paper






42. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






43. Internet2 organization created






44. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






47. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






50. Tsai Lun invents paper