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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






3. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






7. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






9. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






10. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






11. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






12. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






16. Internet2 organization created






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






18. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






20. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






24. Tsai Lun invents paper






25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






31. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






35. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






37. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






43. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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