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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






2. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






3. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






4. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






9. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






12. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






23. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






27. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






29. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






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






34. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






35. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






41. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Internet2 organization created






49. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






50. Tsai Lun invents paper