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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. Internet2 organization created






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






4. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






6. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






7. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






13. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






14. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






15. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






17. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






19. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






50. Tsai Lun invents paper