Personal Engineering and Technology Timeline James Ellis

By jellis1279

  • Born

    Born
    I was born on February 1st, 2001 in Newport News, Virginia. My parents are James Ellis Sr and Tami Fountain Ellis. I was born at around 10 at night in a hospital in Newport News.

  • First Sibling was born

    First Sibling was born
    My first sibling was born on February 14th, 2003 at around 8 at night. His name is Miles Ellis. He was so lucky to be born on Valentines Day and I have always been jealous of him. He was born here in Richmond, Va in St. Mary's Hospital. I was right by my parents side and i was so excited to have a little brother. I still love him today.

  • Skype was invented

    Skype was invented
    Skype is a software application used to have conversations with people over the internet. It is used with a webcam it which it records you and the people on the other line can see you and can have conversations. I used this app when i was younger to see family or friends when i couldn't get to them at the time.

  • Facebook was invented

    Facebook was invented
    Facebook is a software application that is used for people to communicate and keep up with others around the world. I have a Facebook myself but don't use it often.

  • Porsche 997

    Porsche 997
    997 is the internal designation for the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold by German manufacturer Porsche between 2004 (as Model Year 2005) and 2012. Production of the Carrera and Carrera S coupés began in early 2004, all-wheel drive Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S versions began shipping in November 2005, Turbo and GT3 derivatives went on sale in late 2006 and the 911 GT2 in 2007.

  • Played on first football team

    Played on first football team
    I made my first football team when i was 5 years old at Virginia Randolph Rams. I was on the JV Peewee team and we won the championship the first year. My brother played along with me. I was number 22 and he was 32. I played running back as well

  • The Nintendo Wii

    The Nintendo Wii
    As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others. As of the first quarter of 2012, the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales with more than 101 million units sold

  • Made 1st basketball team

    Made 1st basketball team
    I made my first basketball team when i was in the first grade. I played for the Magic in the CYBL league. I was number 32 and played shooting guard. I was very tall at the time but it seems the tables have turned now cause I'm the shortest on majority of my teams.

  • Windows 7 came out

    Windows 7 came out
    A personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft. It is a part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009, less than three years after the release of its predecessor, Windows Vista.

  • Snapchat came out

    Snapchat came out
    Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown[3] when they were students at Stanford University. The app's marketed product name was originally used to form the company Snapchat, Inc., which was later renamed Snap Inc. The corporate headquarters are located in Venice, California.

  • Received my first phone

    Received my first phone
    I received my first phone at the end of 5th grade as a reward for graduating the last grade of elementary school. I got a nice slide phone from Verizon and my siblings were both so jealous because i was the only one who had a phone. I will never forget that day because everything changed when i got that phone.

  • IOS 10 came out

    IOS 10 came out
    IOS 10 is the newest model for the Iphone. I got it when it came out and it wasnt as cool as i thought it was going to be but its still pretty sick. This update can be on iphone 5's all the way up to the Iphone 7. This is the 10th major update for Apple's IOS.

  • First Job of Lifeguarding

    First Job of Lifeguarding
    I received my first job as a lifeguard at The Dominion Club. I got minimum wage but i still made money thorughout the summer. There were some hot days where i didnt want to work at all. I ended up with around 1,700 dollars at the end of the summer so i worked a lot and im not even 16 yet. I dont think i will be working as a lifeguard because it was very boring when no one was there.

  • Iphone 7 came out

    Iphone 7 came out
    The iPhone 7 is the seventh generation of Apple's popular iPhone mobile smartphone device. Apple's iPhone 7 made its official debut in September 2016, following the iPhone 6S as the company's latest, greatest smartphone device. Apple announced the iPhone 7 on September 7th, 2016, with an official release to customers for ordering two days later on September 9th.

  • Sources

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/09/most-important-inventions-of-the-21st-century-in-pictures/
    http://me-mechanicalengineering.com/mechanical-inventions/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vehicles_introduced_in_2004
    http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2005d
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_997
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat
    http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/iphone-7.html