technology inventions By cbenhosc Jan 1, 1951 Color television pictures are first transmitted Jan 1, 1952 Charles Townes, Prokhorov and Basov independently invent the maser Jan 1, 1953 First musical synthesizer invented by RCA Jan 1, 1957 First vaccine for adenovirus-4 and 7 Jan 1, 1960 Theodore Maiman develops the first laser using a ruby cylinder Jan 1, 1962 First computer game devised; Spacewar Jan 1, 1965 Invention of synthetic alternative to grass - Astroturf Jan 1, 1969 ARPANET, the first computer network, is set up Jan 1, 1972 First email message sent Jan 1, 1975 1975 Formation of Microsoft computer software company by Bill Gates and Paul Allen Oct 12, 1978 First vaccine for meningitis Jan 1, 1981 First vaccine for hepatitis B Jan 1, 1984 Apple Macintosh computer launched Jan 1, 1987 Positron microscope invented by van House and Rich Jan 1, 1991 World Wide Web software developed Jan 1, 1996 First Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) players launched in Japan Nov 1, 2000 camara movil Feb 1, 2004 Facebook Sep 3, 2008 google chrome Jan 1, 2011 iphone 4 and itouch
