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The First Space Shuttle to Reach Space
Columbia A new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981, when Space Shuttle Columbia, or STS-1, soared into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This breakthrough prompted widespread interest in Science and Space Travel. Which called for more thinkers and more finanical investments in NASA. -
The Network of Networks
The History of the Internet ARPANET adopted TCP/IP in 1983. Researchers began to build the "network of networks," that later became the modern internet. In 1990, the world was given the World Wide Web, invented by Tim Berners-Lee. The developing of an interconnected stream of networks opened up vast opportunities for communcation and business. -
The Original Macintosh Computer
The Original Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh computer in 1984. It was the first mass-market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse. The personal computer impacted everything. From technological advancements, to the economy, to the way society views privacy, and the way society gathered their information. This also impacted how most organizations stored data and communicated. -
Microsoft Windows
Introducing Windows 1.0 Though Windows 1.0 was criticized by skeptics, Now, rather than typing MS‑DOS commands, you just move a mouse to point and click your way through screens, or “windows.” Bill Gates says, “It is unique software designed for the serious PC user.” Creating competition for Apple, this drove this industry to develop bigger and better things for PC users. -
Fujifilm and the Disposable camera.
Disposable Cameras throughout History The Fujifilm disposal camera challenged the Kodak monopoly. When people thought of photography, they thought of Kodak. Fujifilm changed the market after challenging Kodak and gained a 30% market share advatage over Kodak after purchasing a sponsorship in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. -
Disposble Contact Lenses
The First There is a huge difference between GP (Hard) contact lenses and soft contact lenses. Though the original concept of contact lenses was illustrated by da Vinci in 1508, Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick's introduction of soft contact lenses changed the optical industry. This challenged frame retailers around the globe. This also opened up a huge market for new retails to move in and develop their own brands on soft contact lenses. -
The World's First Space Telescope
Hubble The Hubble's discoveries have sparked a revolution in the way scientists view the universe. The details and images captured by Hubble have confirmed and inspired new theories by astronomers and scientists alike. More than 10,000 scientific articles have been published based on Hubble data. Generating inspiration for the growth of astronomy-based interest in the education system in the 1990's. -
Mall of American Opens
The History
After the Minnesota Football and Baseball teams moved from the Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington to the H.H.H. Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, there was 78 acres of unoccupied real estate to occupy only miles from the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. After it's construction, the mall changed Minneapolis forever. Generating overover $2 billlion of revenue each year and provding jobs for over 10,000 people. -
Beanie Babies
The Original The boom of Beanie Babies created a huge secondary market in the Toy industry. The "plush" toy market. This company crashed due to bad marketing decisions by their founder, Ty Warner. These stuffed toys made a huge splash in retail stores, but also once made up 10% of the merchandise sold/traded on Ebay. -
The iPod
"1,000 songs in your pocket" The iPod introduced a new category of digital music players. The consumer electronics history dramatically changed forever with the iPod's release. The iPod also changed the electronic accessory market, creating a need for speakers, headphones, in-car kits, covers, cases, skins, and then a little later, the iPhone. Creating billions of jobs along with its soaring revenue impacting the economy.
