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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. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






6. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






9. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






10. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






14. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






19. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






35. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






36. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






41. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






48. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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