Technology

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    Technology

  • First bagless vacuum

    First bagless vacuum

    James Dyson invents the bagless, cyclonic vacuum cleaner
  • One of the world's first personal home computers

    One of the world's first personal home computers

    Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs launch the Apple I: one of the world's first personal home computers
  • First portable player for recorded music

    First portable player for recorded music

    Japanese electrical pioneer Akio Morita develops the Sony Walkman, the first truly portable player for recorded music.
  • IBM's own affordable person computer

    IBM's own affordable person computer

    Stung by Apple's success, IBM releases its own affordable personal computer
  • Space Shuttle makes its maiden voyage

    Space Shuttle makes its maiden voyage

    The Space Shuttle makes its maiden voyage.
  • laser eye surgery for removing cataracts is developed

    laser eye surgery for removing cataracts is developed

    Patricia Bath develops laser eye surgery for removing cataracts.
  • Compact discs are launched

    Compact discs are launched

    Compact discs (CDs) are launched as a new way to store music by the Sony and Philips corporations.
  • world's first radio-controlled wristwatch

    world's first radio-controlled wristwatch

    German watchmaking company Junghans introduces the MEGA 1, believed to be the world's first radio-controlled wristwatch.
  • the world's first online radio stations.

    the world's first online radio stations.

    Broadcast.com becomes one of the world's first online radio stations.
  • iPod MP3 music player.

    iPod MP3 music player.

    Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player.
  • vacuum cleaning robot.

    vacuum cleaning robot.

    Robot Corporation releases the first version of its Roomba® vacuum cleaning robot.
  • Graphene.

    Graphene.

    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov discover graphene.
  • Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book reader

    Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book reader

    Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book (e-book) reader.
  • World Wide Web.

    World Wide Web.

    Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.
  • touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad

    touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad

    Apple releases its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad
  • Three nanotechnologists win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    Three nanotechnologists win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    Three nanotechnologists win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for building miniature machines out of molecules.