History of technology- 17leea1

Abacus-250BC

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The Abacus was a very useful device, it was used for calculating sums, like a calculator, it has been mostly used by asians. The abacus has been replace by the calculator.

Phone/Telegraph

Sep 17, 1870

Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham bell invented the first ever phone ever, it was a huge success, the only usage is communication, unlike the modern smart phones we have now.

Typewriter

Sep 17, 1909

The typewriter is used for many things, it was created so we don't need to write

Z1 Computer

Sep 17, 1936

The Z1 was one of the first computers ever, it was used to read Boolean logic.

Brown Box game console

Sep 17, 1967

It was one of the earliest game consoles. It has only six simple games. Ping pong, tennis, handball, volleyball, chase game and light gun game.

Kenbak-1

Sep 17, 1971

It was considered the first PC by the computer history museum, It was created by John Blankenbaker, but it was a complete fail. At 1973, Kenbak corporation folded after only selling 40 computers

Macintosh 128K

Sep 17, 1984

It was the first ever affordable computer to have a Graphical user interface, but it was still pretty expensive, it was originally sold at $2495.

DynaTAC 8000x

Sep 17, 1984

It was one of the first hand held mobile phones, it was used to communicate, but it was very costy, it was$3995.

IBM Simon

Sep 17, 1992

It was the first “smartphone”, it is touch screen, but it is not advanced as Iphone or Samsung, it has maps, games etc.

NDS

Sep 17, 2007

NDS is a very successful product, the bottom screen is touch screen, on the NDS you could play a variety of games like pokemon and Mario.