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






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






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






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






6. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






7. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






12. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






14. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






15. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






19. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






24. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






35. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






38. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






41. Internet2 organization created






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






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






44. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






48. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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