Technology By phillyko88 Jan 1, 1733 1733 John Kay invents flying shuttle Oct 26, 1752 1752 Lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin Jan 1, 1769 1769 Steam engine invented by James Watt Jan 2, 1783 1783 Hot air balloon invented by Montgolfier brothers Feb 5, 1804 1791 Steamboat invented by John Fitch Mar 5, 1804 1804 Locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick Oct 26, 1866 1866 Dynamite invented by Alfred Nobel Jan 1, 1877 1877 Microphone invented by Emile Berliner Jan 27, 1878 1878 Edison invents the incandescent lamp Jan 1, 1888 1888 Eiffel Tower is built Jan 1, 1891 1891 Rudolf Diesel invents diesel Jan 1, 1972 Pong Becomes The first commercially successfal arcade game Jan 1, 1977 Apple II was the first successfal personal computer Jan 1, 1983 Sony releases the first consumer hand held video recorder called the betamovie Jan 1, 1989 The gameboy comes out Oct 26, 2001 First Ipod Jan 1, 2002 Xbox Jan 1, 2005 Xbox 360 launched Jan 1, 2006 Blu-Ray Jun 1, 2007 Iphone