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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






6. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






9. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






10. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






12. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






13. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






20. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






22. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






28. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






33. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






36. Internet2 organization created






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






38. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






42. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






44. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






46. Internet2 organization created






47. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






48. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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