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Timeline Of Communication Technology
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1. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).
1994
1971
1947
751
2. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.
1889
Prior to 3500BC
1969
1849
3. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone
1966
1844
1963
1889
4. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist
1450
1989
1991
1949
5. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet
1876
16th century BC
1971
1843
6. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph
751
1977
1831
1877
7. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code
3500s BC
1835
1849
1901
8. Tsai Lun invents paper
1992
1994
1942
105
9. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line
1843
1994
1520
1969
10. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article
1925
1844
1969
1963
11. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN
1989
1971
1958
1994
12. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing
1889
1971
1520
3500s BC
13. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).
1889
1994
1989
1991
14. Internet2 organization created
1835
1992
1305
1877
15. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection
1889
1966
1971
1989
16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal
1958
1971
1901
1925
17. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.
1793
1876
1969
1450
18. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second
1991
1989
1969
1942
19. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article
1963
1877
1520
751
20. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal
1963
1925
105
1831
21. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.
1966
16th century BC
1844
1520
22. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN
1989
1844
1889
751
23. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph
1989
1831
Prior to 3500BC
1942
24. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland
1305
1958
1971
1901
25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph
1966
1969
1958
1831
26. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code
1942
1835
1977
1992
27. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply
1991
1793
1844
751
28. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston
1876
105
1889
1844
29. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.
1966
1925
1971
Prior to 3500BC
30. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'
Prior to 3500BC
1994
1947
1963
31. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection
1971
1966
1901
1520
32. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.
Prior to 3500BC
1831
1991
1994
33. Tsai Lun invents paper
1949
105
1977
1876
34. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type
1793
1835
1450
7th century
35. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.
1520
1971
1889
751
36. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'
1947
1992
1876
1889
37. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type
16th century BC
1450
AD 26-37
105
38. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.
Prior to 3500BC
16th century BC
1971
1844
39. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers
1942
1949
1849
1925
40. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing
1520
1305
751
1947
41. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun
1901
AD 26-37
105
1835
42. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line
1977
1843
1835
1793
43. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use
7th century
1958
1877
1877
44. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media
7th century
1889
751
1901
45. Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil invent frequency hopping spread spectrum communication technique
1942
1977
1966
1994
46. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet
Prior to 3500BC
16th century BC
1977
1450
47. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second
3500s BC
1991
1949
1793
48. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX
751
1942
1876
1977
49. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply
1793
1843
1844
AD 26-37
50. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers
1793
1849
1947
1831