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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






4. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






5. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






6. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






8. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






10. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






12. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






13. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






17. Internet2 organization created






18. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






21. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






27. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






30. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






32. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






35. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






40. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






44. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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