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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






4. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






9. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






14. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






23. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






24. Internet2 organization created






25. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






35. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






39. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






41. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






43. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






45. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






49. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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