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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply






2. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






8. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






10. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






12. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






15. Internet2 organization created






16. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






17. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






19. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






20. Tsai Lun invents paper






21. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






31. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






32. Internet2 organization created






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






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






35. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






36. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






44. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






48. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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