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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






6. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Internet2 organization created






15. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






16. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






19. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






24. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






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






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






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






29. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






40. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






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






43. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






44. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






45. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






46. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






47. Internet2 organization created






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






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






50. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph