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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






14. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






15. Internet2 organization created






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






17. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






18. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






24. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






27. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






28. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






38. Tsai Lun invents paper






39. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






41. Internet2 organization created






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






43. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






46. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






48. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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