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History of the Internet by Abbey Boesiger and Daniel Maddox on November 2013

By toast22
  • Overhead Projector

    In the late 1800's the overhead projector was used in major universities then later used for military purposes and then finally used in schools.
  • X-Ray Created

    The X-Ray was invented by German phyisicist, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
  • The first car

    In 1908, the first mass-produced car was introduced.
  • The First Computer Game

    The First Computer Game
    In 1963, students at MIT developed the first computer game called Space War. It was made during the early days of computers and six years before ARPANET, so it wasn't as high tech as computer and video games are today.
  • Birth of the Internet

    Birth of the Internet
    The year of 1968 is when the first internet prototype was created. There is no exact date, just a year time span. The idea of a software that could protect was something the ARPA wanted to achieve. This was the year they started working on a prototype. It was defiantly not as high tech as softwares are today.
  • Moving Messages and Allowing Access

    Moving Messages and Allowing Access
    All throughout the 1970's computer scientists worked on developing softwares for controlling networks, moving messages and allowing remote access.
  • The First Email Sent

    The First Email Sent
    After working on transmitting messages for a few years, the ARPA finally sent the first email in 1972.
  • First Cell Phone

    In 1977 the first cell phone was made in Chicago.
  • Internet Open To The Public

    Internet Open To The Public
    By 1980 20,000 people were using the Internet in military buildings, universities, and government locations. In the next twelve years the number of computer owners and users grew to millions and in 1999 43 million people were surfing the net.
  • first website created

    Tim Berners-Lee created the first website.
  • GPS released

    GPS released
    The GPS became fully operational in 1994.
  • Shopping on the Internet

    In 1994 shopping malls arrived on the Net. Now you could order food or buy products from your own computer.
  • Facebook

    In 2004 Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerburg.
  • Youtube founded

    Youtube founded
    Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim invented Youtube.
  • Instagram

    Instagram
    Instagram invinted by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger it quickly gained popularity and had 100 million active users as of April 2012.