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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






13. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






18. Internet2 organization created






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






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






21. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






23. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






24. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






27. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






28. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






30. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






32. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






33. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






37. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






43. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






49. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






50. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX