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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






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






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






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






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






6. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






8. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






10. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






13. Internet2 organization created






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






15. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






21. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






22. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






26. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






29. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






30. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






35. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






36. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






37. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






38. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






44. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






47. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






49. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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