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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






3. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






14. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






15. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






18. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






20. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






21. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






29. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






31. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






32. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






33. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






39. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






40. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






44. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






48. Internet2 organization created






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






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