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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






4. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






6. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






16. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






18. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






23. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






26. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






27. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






29. Internet2 organization created






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






31. Internet2 organization created






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






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






34. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






36. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






40. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






41. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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