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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






3. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






5. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






9. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






14. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






15. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






23. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






28. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






32. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






33. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






36. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






41. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Tsai Lun invents paper






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