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2000s Technology Inventions

  • USB Flashdrives

    USB Flashdrives

    The USB flash drive was invented in late 2000 by an Israeli company named M-Systems. These were invented to lessen the number of cables needed to connect devices which required storage.
  • First Integrated Camera Phone

    First Integrated Camera Phone

    The J-Phone J-SH04 was introduced by Japan SoftBank. The camera was 0.11 megapixels and had a 256-color display. Since the hardware was fully integrated the pictures that were taken were able to be sent to others through email.
  • The iPod

    The iPod

    Apple found that existing MP3 players were either too big or too small to really cater to people's needs. They went to work to create a device that could hold thousands of songs all in your pocket.
  • Blu-ray Disc

    Blu-ray Disc

    The Blu-ray Disc is a digital optical storage format that was developed for the sole purpose of replacing the DVD format. it is able to hold multiple hours of HD video which the DVD format could not do.
  • Nintendo Wii

    Nintendo Wii

    The Wii was the 5th major home game console for Nintendo. it was created with two main goals. Which was to avoid competition with Microsoft and Sony by not focusing on graphical quality but rather Gameplay. The second was to lean heavily on motion-controlled gaming. This all led to Nintendo becoming a big leader in console gaming once again.