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Timeline Of Communication Technology
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1. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'
1969
1947
7th century
1901
2. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland
1901
1942
1992
1305
3. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland
1901
1843
1876
1989
4. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply
1994
1844
1843
1942
5. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing
1305
1520
1843
751
6. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line
1843
1876
16th century BC
1966
7. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas
16th century BC
1793
751
1942
8. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line
1849
1889
1843
1992
9. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second
16th century BC
1991
1793
1958
10. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article
1963
3500s BC
1994
1942
11. Internet2 organization created
1793
1876
1992
1969
12. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code
751
1835
1793
1901
13. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX
16th century BC
1793
Prior to 3500BC
1977
14. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist
1949
7th century
1520
16th century BC
15. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media
1835
1889
7th century
1966
16. Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil invent frequency hopping spread spectrum communication technique
1793
1942
1949
1925
17. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.
1925
1971
1966
1844
18. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN
1849
1971
1989
1991
19. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph
1963
1877
1994
1925
20. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston
1989
1876
1889
751
21. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph
1831
1877
1958
1949
22. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet
16th century BC
1793
1843
1831
23. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line
1793
3500s BC
1992
1958
24. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use
AD 26-37
1958
1793
3500s BC
25. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal
1925
1901
1450
AD 26-37
26. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).
1925
1994
1450
751
27. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line
1793
1901
105
1876
28. Internet2 organization created
1992
1969
1877
1977
29. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX
1889
1977
1843
1450
30. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet
1925
1994
16th century BC
1520
31. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas
751
1947
1958
1969
32. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.
1877
1969
1942
1971
33. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone
1844
1958
1889
1971
34. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'
1947
1969
1835
AD 26-37
35. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun
1971
1520
AD 26-37
3500s BC
36. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).
751
1958
Prior to 3500BC
1994
37. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.
1949
AD 26-37
1520
1971
38. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist
1305
751
3500s BC
1949
39. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type
1520
1991
1450
751
40. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second
1992
1991
1877
16th century BC
41. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston
1844
1971
1305
1876
42. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.
16th century BC
1963
Prior to 3500BC
1520
43. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.
1520
1793
Prior to 3500BC
1835
44. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection
1963
1966
1877
1992
45. Tsai Lun invents paper
AD 26-37
1849
1793
105
46. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN
1925
1989
1901
1947
47. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers
1949
1849
1971
1977
48. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers
1849
1925
1994
AD 26-37
49. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone
1977
1877
1889
1971
50. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph
1969
1977
1835
1831