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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






4. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






8. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






11. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






15. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






19. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






21. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






30. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






33. Internet2 organization created






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






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






36. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






39. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






42. Internet2 organization created






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






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






45. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






49. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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