Technology In Time

Telegraph

Sep 10, 1792

Was invented in, 1792 – 1846. It was called 'Telegraph' because of the Greek words; Tele which means far, and graphein which means write.

Typewriter

Sep 10, 1870

Was invted by Willam Burt in 1870 – 20th century.

Carrier Pigeon

Sep 10, 1914

Homing pigeon, and used during WW1 – WW2 (1914 – 1945)

Digital Camera

Sep 10, 1951

Use to be called digicam, and invented by Steven Sasson in 1951.

Desktop Computer

Sep 10, 1970

Invented in the early 1970, and in the late 1970 – 1980 the desktop became separated into two parts. Tower, and screen.

Laptop

Sep 10, 1970

Invented in the late 1970, and color screens became common in 1991. Another name for the laptop is 'personal computer'.

E-Book

Sep 10, 1971

The E-Book was invented by Michael S. Hart in 1971, and between 1998 – 1999 the E-Books started to sell in English.

Mobile Phone

Sep 10, 1973

The launch year was 1973, and invented by Martin Cooper.

Apple Newton

Sep 10, 1993

Invented in 1993 by Apple Inc. The IPad use to be called Newton MessagePad 100 when first invented.

Nintendo 64

Sep 10, 1993

Invented in the year 1993, and third Nintendo’s console.

IPod Touch

Sep 10, 2002

Invented 2002, and has 4 different generations, also can charge by solar power.

X-Box 306

Sep 10, 2005

Invented by Microsoft in 2005, and is the 7th generation of X-Boxes.