History of communication technologies By lyyhh0001 Jul 30, 1876 Home telephone invented Jul 30, 1892 35mm Camera invented by Jul 30, 1936 35mm Camera became popular Jul 30, 1965 8mm home movies camera is popular Jul 30, 1968 Dot matrix printer invented Jul 30, 1969 microcassette voice recorder invented Jul 30, 1971 Invented by IBM (8.0 inch size) Jul 30, 1982 CD-Rom invented Jul 30, 1985 VHS remote Jul 30, 1987 Floopy disk (3.5mm) became popluar Jul 30, 1993 Home cable modem Jul 30, 2001 Wireless internet for laptops