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Japanese electrical pioneer Akio Morita develops the Sony Walkman, the first truly portable player for recorded music.
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Patricia Bath develops laser eye surgery for removing cataracts.
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The Space Shuttle makes its maiden voyage.
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IBM representatives met for the first time with Microsoft's Bill Gates to talk about writing an operating system for IBM's new hush-hush "personal" computer.
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Compact discs (CDs) are launched as a new way to store music by the Sony and Philips corporations.
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im Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.
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Pierre Omidyar launches the eBay auction website.
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Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player.
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iRobot Corporation releases the first version of its Roomba® vacuum cleaning robot.
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Electronic voting plays a major part in a controversial US Presidential Election.
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Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book (e-book) reader.
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Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone called the iPhone.
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Apple releases its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad.
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3D TV starts to become more widely available.
