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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






3. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






5. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






7. Tsai Lun invents paper






8. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






10. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






15. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






20. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






25. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






26. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






27. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






29. Internet2 organization created






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






31. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






34. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






35. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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