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Time ball
The time ball was the worlds first typewriter. The way how this device worked was that it had 52 keys on it. In order for users to use the type writer, they would of had to press down on the keys in order to write a piece of text. This device was invented by Malling Hansen. Type writers nowadays have been replaced by laptops and computers. -
Sholes and Glidden type writer
The sholes and glidden type writer was another type of type writer that had formed the basis of how the type writers came to be. This type of type writer is considered to be one of the more popular ones that had set the trend for the way how type writers came to be. -
The first telephone
The first telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell and he had patented the telephone in the year of creating it. Alexander's machine worked by transmitting sound into electricity. This was the very first technological method of communicating with people. -
First ever rotary dial telephone
The first rotary dial telephone was invented by Almon Brown Strowger -
The first wireless telegraph
Gugliemo Marconi was the first person to create the first radio as he was the first to send and receive the first radio signal in 1895. Gugliemo used an instrument as a way to use radio waves to transmit morse code. This had become to be known as the Radio. -
Invention of the first telephone answering machine
The first telephone answering machine was created by Valdemar Poulsen. The name of this invention was called the Telegraphone. This invention had used magnetic sound for recording. -
Radio broadcast
The first radio broadcast was invented by Reginald Fessenden. He had transmitted an audio broadcast. This broadcast could be heard by ships at sea and he was the first person to do this. -
Television system that was the first to broadcast
The first broadcast from a television system was transmitted live to the royal institution. -
The first Television
Philo Farnsworth was the first inventor to create the television. -
The first public broadcast through the use of a television system
The first television broadcast was done by Dr, Ernst Frederik Werner Alexanderson. -
The first radio that was installed in cars
The first ever radio that was installed in cars was created by Galvin manufacturing company. This radio had allowed drivers to listen to music whilst driving their cars. Cars nowadays all have a radio already installed. -
First ever diesel powered car
The first car that had been powered by diesel was invented by Mercedes Benz. -
First television being sold
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Seat belts installed in cars
The first ever car that had seat belts was the Saab gt750. This feature would go on to become standard in most cars nowadays. -
First electronic type writer
The first electric type writer was invented by IBM. This had made type writers become more advanced. -
First Telecopier
The Xerox 2400 was the first telecopier. -
The first gaming console
The Brown Box was the very first gaming console and was invented by Ralph Baer. -
Release of the Magnavox Odyssey
This was the second gaming console to be released. This device was also invented by Ralph Baer. The console about 28 games to be played on. -
Air bags in cars
Cars manufacturers had started introducing air bags into their cars. -
Pong released
Pong is an arcade game that was developed by Atari and was considered as one of the earliest video games that had been released. The special features which the Pong had are a single chip that produced an onscreen score and sound when the paddle meets the ball. The Pong had featured a colour scheme of dark brown, with a black base and silver as colours. It had a discrete CPU and the sound on the Pong was Monaural. -
First ever car
The first automobile car was invented by Karl Benz. -
Intellivison released
The intellevision was the first ever competitor for Atari. A total of 125 games was released on the Intellivision. -
Nintendo Entertainment system released
The console had featured two remote controls, which were connected by cables to the console, it also had a place where the cartridge could be inserted. -
Release of Game boy
The Game boy was another gaming console made by Nintendo. This was the first hand held device and had featured games such as Tetris. This console had a 8 bit CPU. -
Introduction of the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web had went live and allowed its users to share out data with others. -
Release of PlayStation
PlayStation was released in 1995 by Sony entertainment and was the first to introduce the arrival of the 32-bit era of video games. The special features which the PlayStation had compared to previous gaming consoles were that it had supported three dimensional gameplay, where previous gaming consoles only supported 2-D gameplay. -
PS2 released
PlayStation 2 was released in 2000 by Sony entertainment. It was the first 128-bit system to ever be released and was still considered the best 128-bit system to ever be released. The features which the PlayStation 2 had are that as well as a playing video games like Grand Theft Auto, players could use the PlayStation 2 as DVD player. -
Xbox released
Xbox was released in 2001 by Microsoft. And was the second 128-bit system to be released. Microsoft had used its PC skills to help with creating the Xbox. The most popular game that was released on the Xbox is Halo: Combat Evolved. -
Nintendo DS released
Nintendo DS was released in 2004. The DS features a dual screen and a touch system where players could touch the screen with their fingers to play a game. The DS also had contained backwards compatibility for the older Gameboy devices. -
The release of the first iPhone
iPhone was released by Steve Jobs in 2007. This was the very first smart phone to be released. This was the start of the way how technology for phones would be like.
