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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






7. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






8. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






10. Internet2 organization created






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






12. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






18. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






20. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






25. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






27. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






31. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






35. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






37. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






39. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






41. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






43. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






47. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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