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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






14. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






15. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






16. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






18. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






19. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






28. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






30. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






31. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






32. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






36. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






40. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






42. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






46. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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