Technology TImeline

Walter Zinn invented Nuclear Power Plant

Dec 20, 1951

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Video Cassette Recorder invented by Ampex

Mar 1, 1956

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Optical Fiber invented

Sep 25, 1956

aboutby Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss

Sputnik I launched by Russians

Oct 4, 1957

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Sputnik II launched by Russians

Nov 3, 1957

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First Silicon or integrated chip produced

Feb 6, 1959

historyby Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce

Laser inventeed by Theodore Harold Maiman

May 16, 1960

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Optical disc invented by David Paul Gregg

Jan 1, 1961

optical discHe originally had it patented as the "Videodisk" in 1961

Uri Gagarin is the first man in space

Apr 12, 1961

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Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart

Jan 1, 1963

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Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)

Jun 27, 1967

Historyinvented by John Shepherd-Barron

Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer

Feb 1, 1968

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Hypertext

Dec 1, 1968

History of Hypertextinvented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson

The moon landing

Jul 20, 1969

Moon Landing Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon

Floppy Disk invented by David Noble with IBM

Jan 1, 1971

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E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson

Jan 1, 1972

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Pocket calculator invented by Sharp Corporation

Jan 1, 1972

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Liquid Crystal Display invented by James Fergason

Jan 1, 1972

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Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC

Jan 1, 1973

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Ethernet invented by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs

May 22, 1973

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Camcorder invented by Sony

Jan 1, 1982

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Kodak released the first professional digital camera system (DCS)

Jan 1, 1991

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World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee

Aug 6, 1991

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Digital satellite radio

Jan 5, 2001

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Apple Inc. released the iPad

Apr 1, 2010

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