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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






4. Tsai Lun invents paper






5. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






6. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






11. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






12. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






14. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






20. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






21. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






23. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






25. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






29. Internet2 organization created






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






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






32. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






37. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






38. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






40. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






42. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






43. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






46. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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