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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Internet2 organization created






15. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






21. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






22. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






23. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






38. Internet2 organization created






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






40. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






41. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






42. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






43. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






45. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






46. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






48. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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