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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






4. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






6. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






11. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






13. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






15. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






21. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






23. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






24. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






25. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






45. Internet2 organization created






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






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






48. Internet2 organization created






49. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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