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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






4. Internet2 organization created






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






6. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






7. Tsai Lun invents paper






8. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






9. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






13. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






15. Tsai Lun invents paper






16. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






17. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






26. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






27. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






33. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






39. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






41. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






42. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






46. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






49. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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