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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






9. Internet2 organization created






10. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






15. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






29. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






34. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






35. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






36. Internet2 organization created






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






38. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






40. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






41. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






45. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






49. Tsai Lun invents paper






50. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing