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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






8. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






12. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






14. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






15. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






16. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






20. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






22. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






24. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






26. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






27. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






29. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






33. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






49. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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