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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






4. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






9. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






11. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






16. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






20. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






34. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






35. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






36. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






38. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






40. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






45. Internet2 organization created






46. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






47. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






48. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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