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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






2. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






4. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






7. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






13. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






16. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






18. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






23. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






32. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






33. Tsai Lun invents paper






34. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






35. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






38. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






39. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






40. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Internet2 organization created






49. Internet2 organization created






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