The Big Question: Significant Technological Events

By Hodges36

  • ARPANET proposed

    ARPANET proposed
    In 1962, a scientist from M.I.T. and ARPA named J.C.R. Licklider proposed aa “galactic network” of computers that could talk to one another. This evolved into the World Wide Web, and what we know today as the internet.
    photo link https://www.livescience.com/42604-who-invented-the-internet.html

  • Invention of email

    Invention of email
    Ray Tomlinson is credited with inventing email in 1972 while developing ARPANET. This process has evolved to constantly accessible way of communication. You can send work, educational, or personal information with a simply click from your cell phone. photo link https://brandfuge.com/why-email-communication-still-survives/

  • Invention of Cellular Telephone

    Invention of Cellular Telephone
    The first portable cell phone was invented in 1973 by Motorola. On April 3, 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first-ever cell phone call. Cell Phones became popular to the general public in the 1990s. This technological evolution was important personally and educationally, as it opened a new world of information as internet use became available on smart phones around 2002. photo from https://www.zdnet.com/article/technology-that-changed-us-the-1990s/

  • Home Computer

    Home Computer
    Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user. I first had access to a computer in my 2nd grade class at school. Obviously, the need and access for computers has grown and evolved rapidly since then.
    photo link: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-pc

  • Digital Audio

    Digital Audio
    In 1977, Sony released the first commercially distributed digital audio recorder that would later on convert analog audio to digital medium and be stored on VHS tapes. This technology evolved into what we have today, which includes a simple click on a button on our smart phones to download music.
    Photo link from https://recording-history.org/history-of-digital-recording/