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The first industrial robot was invented by George Devol. It was used by General Motors to work in a New Jersey factory.
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The first computer game was called Spacewar. It was invented by Steve Russel and MIT
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Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer mouse. It was called a mouse beacause the wire came out the end like a tail.
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The first floppy disk was invented at IBM by Alan Shugart. It was called a floppy disk because it was very flexible.
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Atari created the first ever commercial video game. The game was called pong.
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It was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They started out building it in Steve Jobs garage.
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Apple intruduced the Apple Macintosh. It had both mouse and window interface.
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Tim Berners-Lee posted a summary of the world wide web on some internet newspapers. It then became a publicly available service on the internet
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Java was created by a small team of 3 people. Those 3 people were James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton.
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Ebay was invented by Pierre Omidyar. He invented it from his living room.
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Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. It has grown to become one of the largest web browsers today.
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Bill Gates intruduced the xbox to the public. It has grown with later consoles to become one of the biggest gaming consoles.
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Although drones are already in existence there is much being done to make them better. There are attempts to make drones so that they can fly be themselves without any human help.
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Nissan is working with UltraTech International to create a self cleaning car. It will feature paintwork that can repel water and oil.
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By 2020 your dashboard in your car may look something like a giant ipad. It will be able to connect to the internet and do almost anything that your phone can.
