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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






11. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






13. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






14. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






16. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






17. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






18. Internet2 organization created






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






20. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






28. Tsai Lun invents paper






29. Tsai Lun invents paper






30. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






32. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






36. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






37. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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