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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






12. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






13. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






16. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






18. Internet2 organization created






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






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






21. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






25. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






28. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






30. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






34. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






35. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






43. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






45. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






50. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph