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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






6. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






9. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






10. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






13. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






14. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






16. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






21. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






23. Internet2 organization created






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






25. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






29. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






30. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






31. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






32. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






46. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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