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Birth
The day a legend was born -
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short range wireless technology that connects a cell phone, computer or other electrical device. These electronic devices can be connected to devices such as headphones, speakers or a PC. -
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam spanning the width of the Yangtze River near the town of Sandouping, China. The dam is the largest power station in the world, producing a total of 22,500 MW (11 times more than the Hoover Dam). The entire project cost $62 billion to complete. -
Mars opportunity rover
The Mars Exploration Rover mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Opportunity landed in 2004 with an estimated life-span of 90 martian days, but is still operational 9 years later. -
Google Maps
Google Maps revolutionized future GPS systems. Rather than wasting time and bandwidth loading an entire map at once, the software loads it tile-by-tile as you scroll. Today, the 150 million Maps users plot about 12 billion miles of routes each year. -
Moved to Richmond
I moved to Richmond from Blacksburg -
iPhone released
Steve Jobs product the iPhone revolutionized the use of a cellular device. At the time no one had every seen such a phone. It was the most technologically advanced cell phone at the time, and everyone wanted one. In the United States thousands of people were waiting outside of Apple and AT&T stores for the release of the first iPhone. -
Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa is the tallest free-standing structure in the world located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Burj Khalifa translates to "Khalifa tower", it is 829.8 m (2722 ft) tall. The building of Burj Khalifa was a long process spanning from 2004-2010. In the end it was worth it since this building has set multiple records. -
First football game
When I started playing football -
First day of Highschool
First day attended at DRHS -
First car
Received my first car -
Tesla autopilot
Tesla released an autopilot modes for their cars. Luckily for owners of Tesla's vehicles they did not have to buy another car for autopilot , but the software was updated and applied to every single car. This is because the car was already equipped with plenty of sensors, cameras, and digitally controlled brakes, so all that was needed was the software update. -
21st Virtual Reality
The first fifteen years of the 21st century has seen major, rapid advancement in the development of virtual reality. New virtual reality include depth sensing cameras sensor suites, motion controllers and natural human interfaces are already a part of daily human computing tasks. -
Drivers License
Day I received my drivers license -
Sources
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chinas-three-gorges-dam-disaster/
http://www.electronicproducts.com/Electromechanical_Components/Electromechanical_Switches/Top_10_engineering_advancements_of_21st_century.aspx?fromrss=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation)
https://www.tesla.com/presskit/autopilot
http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/history.html
