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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






4. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Tsai Lun invents paper






14. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






18. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






21. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






23. Internet2 organization created






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






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






26. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






29. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






31. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






32. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






33. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






34. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






36. Tsai Lun invents paper






37. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






41. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






42. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






46. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






47. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






50. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph