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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






3. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






4. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






5. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






10. Tsai Lun invents paper






11. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






13. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






16. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






31. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






33. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






35. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






37. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






41. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






42. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






46. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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