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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






6. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






17. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






20. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






21. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






22. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






24. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






25. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






27. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






31. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






33. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






35. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






39. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






43. Internet2 organization created






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






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






46. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






47. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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