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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






5. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






9. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






11. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






12. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






14. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






19. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






27. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






29. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






31. Internet2 organization created






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






33. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






43. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






47. Internet2 organization created






48. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






49. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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