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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






2. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






3. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






13. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






14. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






20. Tsai Lun invents paper






21. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






23. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






24. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






28. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






34. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






35. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






37. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






40. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






41. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






45. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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