Technology History Timeline

  • Earbuds Invented

    Earbuds Invented
    Headphones were originally based off of the earpiece, and were the only way to listen to music signals before amplifiers were invented.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. The ENIAC was originally used for a secret military project, carried out by John Mauchly, a 32-year-old professor at Penn's Moore School of Electrical Engineering and John Presper Eckert Jr., a 24-year-old genius inventor and lab assistant.
    The ENIAC
  • The Car Phone

    The Car Phone
    The car phone was a mobile device specifically designer for and fitted into a vehicle. This service originated with the Bell System, and was first used in St. Louis on June 17,1946. The equipment weighed close to 80 pounds.
    Wikipedia
  • The Keyboard

    The Keyboard
    The first keyboard is used and created instead of punch cards. Now people can efficiently enter in information quickly.
    Encyclopedia
  • Digital Computer

    Digital Computer
    The first digital computer is invented in Japan. This will allow more data to be released and read easily.It operates on data, including magnitudes, letters, and symbols that re expressed in binary code.
    Brittanica
  • The Computer Mouse

    The Computer Mouse
    Douglass E. Invents the first computer mouse, because of the tail sticking our of the end of it, it was called a mouse. A mouse consists of an object held in one's hand, with one or more buttons. Mice often also feature other elements, such as touch surfaces and "wheels", which enable additional control and dimensional input.
    Wikipedia
  • Arpanet - 1st Network Invented

    Arpanet - 1st Network Invented
    The Arpanet was created during the Cold War and was t he first network that used the TCP/IP protocol. It used packet switching and developed into the internet in 1982. Wikipedia
  • First Microprocessor

    First Microprocessor
    Intel introduces the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 on November 15,1971. This chip was developed by Ted Hoff, Masatoshi Shima, and others at Intel, the 4004 was the first processor with a 4-bit register and clock speed of 740 kHz.
    Computer Hope
  • First Apple Computer

    First Apple Computer
    Apple computer 1, aka the Apple I, or Apple-1, was a desktop computer released by the Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) in 1976. It was designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak.
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  • Ethernet

    Ethernet
    The "Ethernet" is a family of computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LANs) and metropolitan area networks (MANs). It was commercially introduces in 1980 and first standardized in 1983 as IEEE 802.3, and has since been refined to support higher bit rates and longer link distances.
    Wikipedia
  • First Windows Computer

    First Windows Computer
    The very first Windows computer (Windows 1.0) was released on November 20, 1985, as the first version of the Microsoft Windows line. It runs as a graphical, 16-but multi-tasking shell on top of an existing MS-DOS installation.
    Wikipedia
  • First Bluetooth Device Invented

    First Bluetooth Device Invented
    The SIG was the first bluetooth device and was formally announced on May 20, 1998. Today it is made by over 30,000 companies worldwide. It was originally established by Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Toshiba and Nokia. Wikipedia
  • First Smartphone

    First Smartphone
    A refined version of the product was marketed to consumers in 1994 by BellSouth under the name Simon Personal Communicator. The Simon was the first cellular device that can be properly referred to as a "smartphone", although it was not called that in 1994.
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  • First iPhone

    First iPhone
    The iPhone is the first smartphone model designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the first generation of iPhone that was announced on January 9, 2007 after years of rumors and speculations. It was introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007, and it features quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer.
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  • Computer Network

    Computer Network
    A computer network or data network is a telecommunications network which allows computers to exchange data. In computer networks, networked computing devices exchange data with each other using a data link.
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