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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.






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






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






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






5. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






6. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






11. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






15. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






18. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






19. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






24. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






29. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






31. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






34. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Tsai Lun invents paper






42. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






44. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






47. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






48. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






50. Internet2 organization created