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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






5. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






6. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






9. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






10. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






16. Tsai Lun invents paper






17. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






18. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






23. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






27. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






30. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






33. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






34. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






50. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone