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First sold in 1982, CD players offered a much crisper sound compared to what was on a regular cassette tape at the time. The first commercial one's were the Sony CDP-101 sold for $674. Though they were initially to expensive for the average consumer, they became cheaper as the decade rolled on and became more mainstream in the 90s. -
Discovered by Dr. Alec Jefferys in 1984, it became widespread as a way to find criminals via their DNA prints. It was first tested on two suspects of a murder near his campus. -
One of the world's first commercially successful personal computers, released by Apple in 1984. It paved the way for future computers as a whole. -
While they've been developed and worked on since the 1800s, disposable cameras didn't hit store shelves until 1987. They acted as a cheap and easy way to take pictures and were popular for a long time with consumers. -
Although more commonly associated with the 90s, the Nintendo Game Boy released during the tail end of the 80s. Developed by Gunpei Yokoi and Satoru Okada, It was a small portable gaming device that was popular among youth.