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