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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






2. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






6. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






7. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






9. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






19. Internet2 organization created






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






21. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






25. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






27. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






28. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






30. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






35. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






36. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






42. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






44. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






49. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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