Timeline: technology timeline

1752

when electricity first started

Ben Franklin, tied a key onto a kite during a storm which proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. But in 1808 Humphry Davy invented the "arc lamp" which was a piece of carbon that glowed when attached to a battery by wires.

1841

First electrical clock

The Scottish inventor Alexander Bain designed the first ever electrical clock. Even tho Bain had employed as a pendulum to measure time, as in a conventional clocks off day, he had took the revolutionary step with powering it with a electric current rather than the traditional methods of springs or weights.

1866

First radio

A Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell had first predicted the first existence of radio waves in the 1860s. In 1866 Mahlon loomis, successfully demonstrated the "wireless telegraphy"

Jan 29, 1886

first gas powered engine car

in january 29, 1886, Carl Benz had applied for a patent for his "vehicle powered by gas engine". July 1886 the newspapers had reported on the first public outing of the three-wheeled Benz Patent Motor Car, model no. 1.

1906

first electronic furnace

The first commercial acr furnaces in the United States were installed in 1906, its capacity was 4 tons and it equipped with two electrodes. The modern furnaces range in a heat size of a few tons to 400 tons.

1924

first ever electrical panel

The modern miniature electrical panels, similar to the ones we have now, were patented by Brown, Boveri and Cie, in 1924. Hugo Stotz was the one who first discovered that the interconnection of the multiple generator sources into a grid that requires development of the circuit breakers with the increasing voltage.

1927

first electronic television

The worlds first ever electronic television was made by a 21 year old inventor named, Philo Taylor farnsworths. Farnsworth had been miles ahead of any other mechanical television system invented to date.

1980

First no hands Fax machine

The fax market had soon taken off after Xerox’s 1966 Magnafax Telecopier. By the late 1970s, both of the national and international companies had entered the fax market, especially Japan.

1991

first wifi router

The NCR Cooperation with AT&T corporation had invented the precursor to 802.11 intended for the use of the cashiers system. The first wireless products were under the name of WaveLan. They are the ones who credited with the inventing of WIFI.

1996

Flip Phones

the very first flip phone had been created in 1996, although it had taken inspiration from a concept that was introduced in 1989. These became an instant success and flip phones quickly the must have fashion accessory.

2001

the first xbox

the Microsoft has always been a PC soft ware vendor since 1972, but in 2001 they released their first console. They had ended up joining the console market at the wrong time because it was a pretty rough period, meaning that was the time when there was some high competition already with Sony, Sega and Nintendo.

2005

the first ever apple iPhone

In 2005, an Apple CEO Steve Jobs conceived an idea of using a touch screen to interact with a computer using ways he could directly onto the display, instead of requiring a stylus which was common for existing technology at the time. Apple had created this device during a secretive and unprecedented collaboration with a Cingular Wireless, which is now AT&T

Nov 10, 2020

The new xbox

The brand new Xbox Series X is a Microsoft flagship next-generation console. You can pre-order this new gaming console, including the cheaper Xbox Series S, will begin on September 22, 2020.

2021

future iphone 12

the new iphone 12s will have a notch that is the same size as the iphone 11. the 6.7 inch iphone 12 max pro will support the millimetre wave 5G.

2050

future self driving cars

One year ago, Detroit and Silicon Valley have had visions of putting millions of self-driving taxis on the road , in 2019, ushering in an age of driver-less cars. Most of the cares have yet to arrive though- it is very likely to be years before they do arrive.

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