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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






3. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






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






5. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






6. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






7. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






8. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






14. Internet2 organization created






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






16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






20. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






23. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






24. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






25. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






26. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Tsai Lun invents paper






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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






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






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






46. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






48. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






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






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