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Charles babbage invents his analytical engine. Regarded as many as the first computer it has memory and program control capabilities.
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Electricity is starting to be supplied to us homes
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Heinrich hertz generates radio waves for the first time.
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Henry ford installs the worlds first moving conveyor belt based assembly line in his car factory. A model T can be assembled by people in 93 minutes.
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The transistor a vital part of today's electronics systems was invented.
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The first electronic computer is built.
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silicon solar cells with 6% efficiency made.
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carbon fibre is developed which is twice as as strong as the same weight of steel. it is used for high performance aircraft spacecraft and sport equipment.
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The integrated circuit is invented. This allows computers to be made much smaller (microcomputers)
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The introduction of the PC to homes and offices and the development of software such as design packages
