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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. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






4. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






5. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






6. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






11. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






14. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






17. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






18. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






22. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






28. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






30. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






31. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






33. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






35. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






38. Internet2 organization created






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






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






41. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Internet2 organization created






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






50. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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