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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






5. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






10. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






13. Internet2 organization created






14. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






17. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






28. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






30. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






36. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






41. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






42. Tsai Lun invents paper






43. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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