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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






2. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






17. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






21. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






22. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






24. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






27. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






29. Tsai Lun invents paper






30. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






31. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






35. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






38. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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