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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Tsai Lun invents paper






2. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






4. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






7. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






8. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






18. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






20. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






21. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






27. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






28. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






29. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






34. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






38. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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