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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






3. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






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






9. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






11. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






12. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






13. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






14. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






16. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






17. Tsai Lun invents paper






18. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






21. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






31. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






35. Tsai Lun invents paper






36. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






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






38. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






41. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






42. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






48. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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