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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






3. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






7. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






10. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






13. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






16. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






18. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






21. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






26. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






32. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






34. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






44. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






45. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






47. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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