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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






12. Internet2 organization created






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






14. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






18. Internet2 organization created






19. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






22. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






24. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






28. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






29. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






30. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






33. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






34. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






38. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






42. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






44. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






46. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






48. Tsai Lun invents paper






49. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






50. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code