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The pocket calculator
a calculator small enough to carry in a pocket that allowed people to do math withouts using smarts. -
Daisy-Wheel Printer
It's a kind of printer which used a daisy-wheel. The daisy wheel is a disk made of plastic or metal that spins to the letter you want to type, a daisy wheel printer used that process to print. -
First word processor
As the name suggests, this device processes words, the name also suggests why it's important. -
Email
Email is an "invention" that enables you to send mail over the Internet. This helped society talk to each other without sending mail. -
The first microprocessor
The microprocessor is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and provides results as output. This helped scientists and programmers alike significantly. -
Video games and arcade machines
Video games and arcade machines enabled gamers to play games, expensive back then, not as much now though. -
Liquid crystal watch displays
This was a new invention that enabled watches to display numbers more "visible to the human eye", this helped people who had a hard time reading normal watches because of the incredibly thin watch hands. -
Floppy Disc
A soft magnetic disk. It is called floppy because it flops if you wave it unlike most hard disks, floppy disks are portable. It also stores data, this helped society store data. -
Digital Camera
The digital camera helped the world take pictures to treasure moments forever, this helps society... Take pictures to treasure moments forever? -
Walkie Talkies
Walkie Talkies would enable you to talk to someone from a set distance away, modern ones go over 30 miles! Back then, however, it could only go a mile or two. This helped kids play games like "Army" or workers communicate easily. -
Ionic Apple 2 computer
This was one of the first Apple computers, it enabled people to use computers, probably not like we use them today, but they sure did something, because society went crazy for them! -
The Sony Walkman Prototype
The prototype of the Sony Walkman, an old device used to listen to music, while you walk, the prototype is used to test, and make people excited! -
Atari 800
NOT the 800th version, just a name for this Atari device, Ataris had games stored in them so you could plug them into a tv and outlet and play for entertainment, the controller featured a joystick and a big red button, it was always so tempting to press. -
Roller blades
These let people use their feet like cars, the common people loved to use them to have fun. Look mom, no hands! -
More advanced artificial hearts
The first artificial heart was in the 1960s, but this was when better ones were being made faster, this has obvious reasons why it helps people, it's in the name, it lets people get a new heart if theirs is bad.
