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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






3. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






5. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






9. Internet2 organization created






10. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






18. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






21. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






24. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






25. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






28. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






34. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






37. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






43. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






44. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






47. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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