20 Years of Technology

first house built

May 12, 1640

The oldest part of the house was built in 1640 by Joseph Loomis, who came to America from England in 1638.

first clock made

Sep 2, 1656

The next development in accuracy occurred after 1656 with the invention of the pendulum clock.

first pair of shoes

1850

As late as 1850 most shoes were made on absolutely straight lasts, with no difference between the right and the left shoe.

first car made

Apr 25, 1879

The first stationary gasoline engine developed by Carl Benz was a one-cylinder two-stroke unit which ran for the first time on New Year's Eve 1879.

the internet

Jan 1, 1883

on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet.

first radio

May 18, 1895

Guglielmo Marconi: an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895.

first television

Nov 12, 1927

The world's first electronic television was created by a 21 year old inventor named Philo Taylor Farnsworth.

first cell phone

Apr 3, 1973

Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey

Personal Computer

Jun 1, 1975

MITS Altair 8800 was the first personal computer

Digital Camera

Dec 1, 1975

Developed by Steven Sasson of Eastman Kodak