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Three months after the Soviet Union began the Space Age by launching Sputnik, the U.S. responds by sending the Explorer I satellite into orbit.
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Working at Hughes Research Laboratories, physicist Theodore H. Maiman creates the first laser. The core of his laser consists of a man-made ruby --
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Digital Equipment introduces the PDP-8, the world's first computer to use integrated circuit technology
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Millions watch worldwide as the landing module of NASA's Apollo 11 spacecraft touches down on the moon's surface and Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to set foot on the moon.
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Pong, one of the first mass-produced video games, has become the rage. Noland Bushnell, the 28 year-old inventor of Pong, will go on to found Atari.
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The first shipments of bar-coded products arrive in American stores. Scanners at checkout stations read the codes using laser technology
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Old high school friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a partnership known as Microsoft to write computer software
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Cyclist Byron Allen crosses the English Channel in a pedal-powered aircraft called the Gossamer Albatross. The flight takes 2 hours, 49 minutes.
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For the first time, NASA successfully launches and lands its reusable spacecraft, the Space Shuttle.
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1983 saw the first Sony Betamovie camcorder hit the stores.
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Tim Berners-Lee invented the web with help from Robert Cailliau and others at the nuclear physics laboratory.
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M. Sims and N.L. First reported the creation of calves by transfer of nuclei from cultured embryonic cells; Human embryos were first cloned.
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It was started in 1994 and is a communication satellite and received by a satellite dish.
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A decoding device that would use certain signals. Such as G, PG-14, and M. Tim Collings.
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Amazon becomes the first largest book retailer online.
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I. iBook, the first semi portable computer was released by apple.
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I-Tunes Music store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple Inc to share and download personal interest of songs
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XBOX is a gaming consolse that allows for online play and enjoyment throughout all ages created by Microsoft
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Toyota Prius is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback, formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation.
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YouTube was invented by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim out of a garage in Menlo Park. The inventors became millionaires when they sold their invention for 1.65 billion dollars to the search engine Google.
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The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. Works With Microsoft as a wireless remote to act as if your playing the game yourself
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The I-Phone is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Steve Jobs, the CEO at Apple Inc conceived the idea of using a multi touch device to act like a computer thats now called the term a smart phone
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A new NASA space telescope, will allow astronomers to be able to see previously invisible neighbouring stars, scientists claim. It will be in orbit for about nine months for the first time
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I Pad is a line of tablet computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. An iPad can shoot video, take photos, play music, and perform online functions such as web-browsing and emailing.
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It is the 6th generation of the iPhone and exceeds past the iPhone 4S. The phone is a slimmer, lighter model that introduces a higher-resolution, 4-inch screen with 16:9 widescreen
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It is the Navy's Laser Weapons System, a laser mounted on a ship that is so strong it can ignite a drone, sending it crashing and burning to earth in mere moments.