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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






7. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






9. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






10. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






16. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






20. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






26. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






30. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






33. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






35. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






46. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






47. Tsai Lun invents paper






48. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






50. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph