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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






4. Tsai Lun invents paper






5. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






15. Internet2 organization created






16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






17. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






18. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






22. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






23. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






24. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






25. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






33. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






35. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






41. Internet2 organization created






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






43. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






45. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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