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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






5. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






8. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






11. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






12. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






16. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






20. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






21. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






23. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






25. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






26. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






31. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






42. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






47. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






49. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






50. Internet2 organization created