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The first personal computer (PC) was invented
The first personal computers, introduced in 1975, came as kits: The MITS Altair 8800 -
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Technology 1975-2016
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The first boom box was invented by Woelfel Brothers
The speakers and the eight track car stereo were placed in a wooden box. It had the capability of playing cassettes along with the local radio stations too. With the popularity of hip- hop culture in 1980 boom box became a craze for teenagers and youngsters. -
Sony Corp. introduced the Sony Walkman TPS-L2,
the Sony Walkman TPS-L2, a 14 ounce, blue-and-silver, portable cassette player with chunky buttons, headphones and a leather case. It even had a second earphone jack so that two people could listen in at once. -
The first commercial compact disc was produced in 1982
It was a recording from 1979 of Claudio Arrau performing Chopin waltzes. Arrau was invited to the Langenhagen plant to press the start button. The first popular music CD produced at the new factory was The Visitors -
Nintendo Entertainment System
The console was released as the Family Computer for ¥14,800 alongside three ports of Nintendo's successful arcade games Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Popeye. -
The world's first "webcam" comes into existence at Cambridge University.
he actual camera remained in use for ten years (until 2001). It was invented by James Quentin and Paul Jardetzky. -
The Talkboy is released
A portable variable-speed cassette player and recorder manufactured by Tiger Electronics -
Java Programming Language - 1995
Java made it easy for programmers to code because it was class-based, concurrent and an object-oriented language that had very few implementation dependencies compared to existing languages. For client-server web applications, Java was a tailor-made fit. The major features of Java were its portability, dynamic scope, and secure design. -
The Google Story - 1998
Google happened in 1998. It started as a research project by two PhD scholars at Stanford University in 1996. They introduced the concept of Page Ranking so that the search engines did not simply count the website hits while showing the search results on the WWW. -
Segway PT-2001
Created by Dean Kamen the Segway Human Transporter is the first self-balancing, electric-powered transportation machine. It is a personal transport device that uses five gyroscopes and a built-in computer to remain upright. -
Youtube-2005
Created by three former PayPal employees, YouTube was touted as a cutting-edge video sharing service. In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google. -
IPhone-2007
Created by Steve Jobs, this device, though controversial, is pretty, touchy-feely, and has a tremendous future. Approximately 6.4 million iPhones are active in the U.S. alone. 33.75 milliion of the devices have been sold world-wide to date. -
IPad-2010
The iPad was announced on January 27, 2010, by Steve Jobs at an Apple press conference at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. -
Bomb-Sniffing Bionic Plants Could Look for Pollution
Bionic plants that can detect explosives in real time could be the future of environmental monitoring and urban farming, researchers said in a new study. The spinach plants have carbon-nanotube-based nanoparticles in their leaves that give off infrared light and are sensitive to the presence of nitroaromatics, key components of several explosives, the scientists said.
