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The First Mouse
Douglass E. Invents the first computer mouse, because of the tail sticking our of the end of it, it was celled a mouse. The mouse was created at Stanford University. The mouse was made to make moving the cursor faster and more accurately. This allowed for you to not have to use the arrow keys. This impacted society by making the operating of a computer faster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse -
The First Personal Computer
Programa 101 was the first desktop personal computer. The project began in 1962 in Italy, and it was introduced at the 1964 World's Fair in New York. Olivette was the company who created it. The first personal computer was created so that everyone could use a computer. This was the start of the technology revolution. This opened the door to all people having access to a computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programma_101 -
The First Sports Video Game
The first video game to reach mainstream popularity, Pong, was a game where players would try to hit a ball back and forth, much like air hockey. Pong was made by Atari in Pakistan. Pong was made in hopes to make computers more popular among people of all ages. This paved the way for future companies like EA and Activision who only make video games. It was a fun application making computers more popular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong -
First Micro Computer
The Altair 8800 was the first microcomputer. It was made in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was made by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems. The first Micro Computer was made to shrink the size of computers. The creation of this product was the first computer that was significantly smaller in size, which is what people want, smaller and more powerful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 -
First Portable Computer
Created by Adam Osborne of Osborne Computer Corporation, the Osborne 1 was the first portable computer. The Osborne 1 weighed 24 pounds. The purpose for creation of the Osborne 1 was Adam Osborne wanted to be able to create a mobile computer. It was created in San Francisco, California. This helped increase the popularity of computers because they could now be taken to places they have never been. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1 -
Apple 1
The Apple 1 was the first computer produced by Apple. The Apple 1 was created by Steve Wozniak in his home in California. It was created so that Wozniak and his friend Steve Jobs could get into the computer selling business. This was the beginning of Apple's success and innovation to technology. The Apple 1's impact on society was the creation of the Apple brand and all of the electronic devices they have made that we use today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I -
Sinclair ZX80
The Sinclair ZX80 was the first home computer. It was created by Science of Cambridge Ltd. or later known as Sinclair Research. Sinclair Research is located in London, England. This was the beginning of regular people owning computers and the increase in popularity of computers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80 -
World Wide Web
The World wide Web was launched in August 6. The WWW was made by Tim Berners-Lee who was an English computer scientist. He invented it while working at CERN in Switzerland. Information can now be passed around the world in less than seconds. Society was majorly impacted when this was created because today there are more than three billion active users on the internet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web -
Google
Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded Google. Google was made in Menlo Park, California. It started as a research project at Stanford University because they wanted as better way of finding information on the internet. Information became easier to come across on the internet and Google as we know it was born. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google -
Ericsson R380
The Ericsson R380 was the first smartphone created. This phone combined the functions of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant. it was made in Ericsson's Software Applications Laboratory in Kista, Sweden. It was produced because Ericsson wanted to combine a cell phone and a personal assistant. This was the beginning of mobile phones developing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson_R380 -
First iPhone
In 2007 the first iPhone was made by Apple and Steve Jobs at their headquarters in California. Steve Jobs wanted to create the iPhone because it would lead to fully touch screen computers. He wanted to eliminate the mouse and keyboard. In doing this he created one of the most popular smartphone lines in the world. The impact on technology and the PC was that he created a product that didn't need a mouse or keyboard to fully operate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation) -
First iPad
The first iPad the first of it's kind. It was the first tablet to be able to play music, receive and send emails, and browse the web. The iPad was made by Apple at their headquarters in California. The purpose of the iPad was to have pretty much a larger iPhone. It was a computer that didn't need a mouse or a keyboard. The impact on society was there was now a tool that wasw easier to use than a computer, and could be taken anywhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(1st_generation) -
Samsung Gear VR
The Samsung Gear VR is a virtual reality with your phone. You just by a headset and put your phone it it and look. This changes the evolution of technology because we can stay in one place, but look and feel as if we are in another. It was made by Samsung in Korea. This was one of the first products involving first person virtual reality and because of it's creation virtual reality has become more popular in society. -
Zoomer Interactive Puppy
The Zoomer Interactive Puppy is a dog that doesn't come with all of the priorities with a dog. This is an innovative technology because some people want dogs, but there are natural reasons they can't and this allows them to. This product is made by Zoomer Inc., but I can't find the location of the company. This dog is changing technology because you can now have pets that are computers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_robotic_dogs -
PlayStation VR
PlayStation VR was made by Sony in their headquarters in San Mateo, California. It is made to work along side the PlayStation 4. You put it over your eyes and you play the game as normal, but your television can display a separate image. The PlayStation VR was made so PlayStation users could have a virtual reality experience while playing the PS4. Society is impacted because there is now a virtual reality aspect to console gaming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_VR
