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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






6. Internet2 organization created






7. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






18. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






21. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






22. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






24. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






29. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






31. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






32. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






35. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






37. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






38. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






44. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






47. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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