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The Kenbak-1 was designed and invented by John Blankenbaker in 1970. It is known as the first personal computer in the world and was released to the public in 1971. -
Let's dive into the 1970's! The era that birthed digital communication. This is where developing personal computers began, the first email was sent out, and when Motorola released the first ever mobile phone.
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In 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent the very first email in history to himself. Though email is way different today, this was the birth of the famous '@' symbol used for email addresses today! -
This marks the very first mobile phone call in history. Motorola employee, Martin Cooper made a phone call from Manhattan to New Jersey. -
Steve Sasson creates the first digital camera in 1975 out of leftover material at Kodak. This was a rather large camera almost the size of a toaster that took 23 seconds to take a single photo. -
Sony released its first walkman model, the TPS-L2 in 1979. It provided an on-the-go listen to cassette tapes and transformed the way we consumed our music. It proved to be a big hit, and the concept of the walkman lived on all the way to the late 2000's.