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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






3. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






4. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






6. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






7. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






9. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






19. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






22. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






23. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






25. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






30. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






31. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






44. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






49. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






50. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing