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Arduino
Created by Massimo Banzi, the Arduino used a Java-based integrated development environment and users could access a library of programs, called “Wiring,” that allowed for simplified programming. Arduino soon became the main computer platform of the worldwide “Maker” movement. -
Apple Releases The Iphone
With a web browser, music, cellular privileges, and other advanced features, this was the beginning to a new generation of personal technology that was now able to fit in the palm of your hand. -
IBM's Roadrunner Supercomputer is Completed
Used to model the decay of the US nuclear arsenal, analyze financial data, and render 3D medical images in real-time; the Roadrunner was the first computer to reach a sustained performance of 1 petaflop using two different microprocessors. (one thousand trillion floating point operations per second). -
Apple Retina Display
The first being introduced during the iPhone 4's launch, with a screen resolution of up to 400 pixels-per-inch, Retina displays approached the limit of pixel visibility to the human eye. In addition to the IDS technology added for more color spectrum, the retina display started to become a standard in future apple products. -
TKD Demonstrates a 2TB Hard Drive on a Single 3.5" HDD Platter
TKD, a $7.8 billion dollar Japanese electronic manufacturing company just created a technique that could cram terabytes of data onto one hard drive platter. Although the HAMR (heat-assisted magnetic recording) was already created back in 2006 they achieved a new form of technology that would later be used in the following years for commercial and consumer related products. -
Apple Watch
With technology becoming more easily accessible and smaller, people wanted more. Low and behold the apple watch, that does far more than simply reading the time. Incorporating a version of Apple's iOS operating system, as well as sensors for environmental and health monitoring, Tim Cook's idea of the Apple Watch was to design compatibility to be incorporated into the Apple products with ease. Almost a million units were ordered on the day of release.