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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Tsai Lun invents paper






2. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






4. Internet2 organization created






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






6. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






7. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






9. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






12. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






14. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






17. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






27. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






32. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






38. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






42. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






44. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






48. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






50. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX