Technology

First Telephone Call

Mar 10, 1876

A man named Alexander Graham Bell made the first phone call. Before this you could send information but not talk, there was no voice communications. The first words over the phone were, " Mr. Watson com here, I want to see you." https://www.britannica.com/story/history-of-technology-timeline

First Gasoline Automobile

1885

Some people believed this was the first true automobile because it ran on gasoline. This automobile had three wheels and was invented by a man named Karl Friedrich Benz. https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/auto.html

The Escalator

1895

It was created by Jesse W. Reno, at first he thought it would be a ride for something like a fair. The escalator had a seven foot vertical rise and it eventually became what it is today. It's now a way to go from floor to floor. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-escalator/

First Air Plane Flight

Dec 17, 1903

Orville Wright had been working on airplanes for a while but on this date he flew it for the first time. The first flight was 120 feet, him and his brother took it on multiple flights that same day. https://www.britannica.com/story/history-of-technology-timeline

The Polyghraph

1921

John Larson made the polygraph better. He was not the first one, there were other little ones that didn't really work his was the first efficient one. Somethings it looked at do determine if you were telling the truth or not are pulse rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate. https://www.kidzone.ws/science/polygraph/historyofthepolygraphmachine.htm

First Liquid Fuel Rocket Flight

1926

A man named Robert Goddard loved the idea of space when he was younger. Eventually he built a liquid fuel rocket and tested it at a farm. It actually flew for him, it went about forty-one feet in the air. https://www.britannica.com/story/history-of-technology-timeline

First Electronic Digital Computer

1937

John Atanasoff made a computer that would work based off of binary numbers. Also he figured out how to store data by using a thing called capacitors. https://www.britannica.com/story/history-of-technology-timeline

The Microwave Oven

1941

Percy LeBaron Spencer was working on vacuum tubes and acidently invented the microwave oven. Some of the first microwave ovens weighed 750 pounds and was over 5 feet. At this time the cost was 5,000 dollars. https://www.livescience.com/57405-who-invented-microwave-oven.html

The First Artificial Satellite Was Launched

Oct 4, 1957

The Soviet Union launched a satellite called Sputnik. This was the first thing launched in space creating another race in the Cold War. https://www.britannica.com/story/history-of-technology-timeline

Internet

1974

Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf came up with an idea about internet and data. They came up with TCP/IP, and this helped explained different parts of data. The TCP/IP eventually became the main form of transporting data. https://www.britannica.com/story/history-of-technology-timeline

First DVD Players

1996

Two different groups of people were trying to invent this at the same time MMCD vs. SD. Eventually the groups compromised and created the DVD player. The DVD player read binary data by using lasers. It was much the the CD but they wanted it to hold more information. https://www.britannica.com/technology/DVD

CRISPR-Cas9 (Gene Editing)

2012

Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier worked on the CRISPR-Cas9. This will help people edit genes which means you could sort of design your own person. They believe that this might be able to help cure disease, after more work is done to it. https://www.britannica.com/story/history-of-technology-timeline

5G Data

2020

5G data is already coming out, it is in the testing process. It hasn't been realeased officially yet, but it has been tested were people h ave had a glimpse of it. 5G data will be faster and have a bigger capacity. It will hopefully becoming out near future.

First 3D Printed Car

2022

This car will be 3D printed and it will take a while to make. People have been making prototypes, but the are small. This is gonna be a full sized vehicle. https://www.businessinsider.com/21-technology-tipping-points-we-will-reach-by-2030-2015-11#30-of-corporate-audits-will-be-performed-by-artificial-intelligence-2025-16

Reading Glasses Connected to the Internet

2023

It is expected that reading glasses connected to internet will become common by 2023. Google has already come out with a slit form of this but it isn't quite there yet. With these you can look things up on the internet from your glasses. https://www.businessinsider.com/21-technology-tipping-points-we-will-reach-by-2030-2015-11#30-of-corporate-audits-will-be-performed-by-artificial-intelligence-2025-16