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technology from 1945

By Calehuta
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    Timeline of techology

  • First television remote control

    First television remote control

    The first remote intended to control a television was developed by Zenith Radio Corporation
  • The First PC invented

    The First PC invented

    The first PC used by one person and controlled by a keyboard, the IBM 610 was invented by IBM.
  • First Satellite launched into orbit

    First Satellite launched into orbit

    The former Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik in 1957. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path.
  • Credit Card invented

    Credit Card invented

    Bank of America launched the BankAmericard in Fresno, California. BankAmericard became the first successful recognizably modern credit card (although it underwent a troubled gestation during which its creator resigned), and with its overseas affiliates, eventually evolved into the Visa system
  • First Integrated Circuit

    First Integrated Circuit

    the first commercially available integrated circuits came from the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation. Created by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce,
  • The first Compact Disk is invented

    The first Compact Disk is invented

    Invented by James T. Russel
  • First home video game console released

    First home video game console released

    Magnavox released the first home video game console which could be connected to a TV set—the Magnavox Odyssey, invented by Ralph H. Baer.
  • First Air Bag invented

    First Air Bag invented

    the General Motors research team invented the first car safety air bags that were first offered in the 1973 model Chevrolet as an option.
  • First Cell Phone Invented

    First Cell Phone Invented

    Martin Cooper and Motorola create the first cell phone
  • Hepatitis Vaccine invented

    Hepatitis Vaccine invented

    Alfred Prince invents the hepatitis B vaccine
  • First Mac invented

    First Mac invented

    The first Macintosh computer was introduced by Apple Inc.
  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web

    First proposed by on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee
  • First living organism clone

    First living organism clone

    embryologist Ian Wilmut announced that he had cloned a sheep
  • First drone attack

    First drone attack

    the CIA first used an unmanned Predator drone in a targeted killing
  • First IPhone Released

    First IPhone Released

    The first generation Iphone is released by Apple