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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. Tsai Lun invents paper






4. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






5. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






7. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






8. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






12. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






14. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






15. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






33. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






46. Internet2 organization created






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






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. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph