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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






8. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






10. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






13. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






17. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






18. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






19. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






22. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






24. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






25. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






39. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






40. Internet2 organization created






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






42. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






44. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






47. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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