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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






9. Internet2 organization created






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






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






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






13. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






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






19. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






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






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






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






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






24. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






25. Tsai Lun invents paper






26. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






31. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






32. Tsai Lun invents paper






33. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






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






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






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






37. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






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






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






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






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






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






43. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






44. Internet2 organization created






45. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






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






47. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






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






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






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