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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






3. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






9. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






11. Tsai Lun invents paper






12. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






13. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






18. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






29. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






40. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






44. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






45. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






46. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






47. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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