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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






13. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






17. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






18. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






19. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






22. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






27. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






31. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






32. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






33. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






35. Tsai Lun invents paper






36. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






39. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland