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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






3. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






5. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






9. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






11. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






16. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






18. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






20. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






28. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






30. Internet2 organization created






31. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






33. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






43. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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