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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






4. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






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






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






25. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






30. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






32. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






34. Internet2 organization created






35. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






36. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






41. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






42. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






44. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






46. Internet2 organization created






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






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






49. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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