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Timeline Of Communication Technology
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1. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.
1877
AD 26-37
1849
1969
2. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use
1958
3500s BC
1901
1889
3. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media
3500s BC
105
7th century
AD 26-37
4. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN
1989
1994
1963
AD 26-37
5. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).
1901
AD 26-37
1831
1994
6. Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil invent frequency hopping spread spectrum communication technique
1901
1942
1992
1963
7. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'
1994
1844
1949
1947
8. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code
1876
1835
16th century BC
1831
9. Internet2 organization created
7th century
1844
1963
1992
10. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal
1977
1901
1793
1925
11. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line
1793
16th century BC
1835
1977
12. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston
1876
Prior to 3500BC
1450
7th century
13. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers
16th century BC
1876
1849
1949
14. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing
1947
3500s BC
1844
1835
15. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal
1925
1877
1889
16th century BC
16. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun
1942
AD 26-37
1305
3500s BC
17. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.
1969
1949
1876
1971
18. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.
1971
105
1835
1942
19. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers
1520
1849
1966
1450
20. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist
1977
1889
1949
1877
21. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.
1450
1969
751
1793
22. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article
1949
1963
1992
1877
23. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland
1992
1994
1971
1901
24. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing
1901
3500s BC
1942
1876
25. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist
751
16th century BC
1949
1989
26. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.
1994
Prior to 3500BC
7th century
1925
27. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use
1942
1992
1958
7th century
28. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN
1835
1971
1901
1989
29. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph
1877
7th century
AD 26-37
1831
30. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line
1992
1520
1843
Prior to 3500BC
31. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.
1844
1450
1793
1520
32. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection
1966
105
1450
1963
33. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line
1958
1843
1969
1989
34. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone
1877
7th century
1949
1889
35. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone
1889
1901
1793
1958
36. Internet2 organization created
1305
1942
1925
1992
37. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type
1994
1966
1877
1450
38. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet
1963
1991
16th century BC
1942
39. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line
1876
1843
1793
1889
40. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland
1849
1901
3500s BC
1835
41. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code
1835
1989
1958
1992
42. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas
1958
1889
751
Prior to 3500BC
43. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas
1958
1977
1966
751
44. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second
1991
1925
1942
1835
45. Tsai Lun invents paper
1844
105
1992
1966
46. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.
7th century
1520
1942
1963
47. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston
1992
1876
1889
1849
48. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun
105
1876
AD 26-37
1901
49. Tsai Lun invents paper
1989
1958
1901
105
50. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing
1991
1305
1520
1793