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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






5. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






17. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






19. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






27. Internet2 organization created






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






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






30. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






32. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






37. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






40. Internet2 organization created






41. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






46. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






47. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






48. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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