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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






4. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






5. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






18. Internet2 organization created






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






20. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






22. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






27. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






30. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






31. Tsai Lun invents paper






32. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






35. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






40. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






43. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






45. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






47. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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