Five Technologies most impactful in the 90's

By Johnp09

  • The World Wide Web

    https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web
    Tim Berner's Lee created the World Wide Web (or the first version). The web has changed the world in a way that cannot be explained in words. We now have access to almost everything the world has to offer at our finger tips or a click away.

  • Text Messages (SMS)

    https://www.mobivity.com/mobivity-blog/a-brief-history-of-text-messaging Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert invented SMS. Text Messaging has allowed many people to talk and send many pictures/goodbyes/hi's/etc over the phone to someone who can be miles and miles away.

  • Nintendo 64

    https://www.otaquest.com/nintendo-64-why-its-still-important-almost-twenty-five-years-later/ Nintendo came out with a gaming console called the Nintendo 64. It was impactful to our society because of the gameplay it provided. It proved that 3D gameplay was the future and provided the3 next stepping stone to gaming as we know it.

  • DVD's

    https://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Features/DVDs-first-year-8984.aspx DVD's were an early concept in the late 60's but DVD players were really the first one's to cement the technology DVD's had to offer. They replaced the VHS's meaning that they could hold more stager on the disc while striking its actual size to become more convenient for may people.

  • Google

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Google-Inc Along with the World Wide Web, Google was the second invention by Sergey Brin and Larry Page to change the world. Google was the reason why people didn't have to go to their local library to access information anymore. We can now design worlds, games, etc. using the World Wide Web and google.