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James Dyson invents the bagless, cyclonic vacuum cleaner
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Japanese electrical pioneer Akio Morita develops the Sony Walkman, the first truly portable player for recorded music
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The Space Shuttle makes its maiden voyage
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German watchmaking company Junghans introduces the MEGA 1, believed to be the world's first radio-controlled wristwatch
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Broadcast.com becomes one of the world's first online radio stations
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Electronics companies agree to make Wi-Fi a worldwide standard for wireless Internet.
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Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player.
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Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book (e-book) reader.
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Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone called the iPhone
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Apple releases its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad.
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Three nanotechnologists win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for building miniature machines out of molecules
