Technology Timeline By laurenzayonc Feb 6, 1945 The atomic bomb Dec 1, 1946 Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer Apr 26, 1956 Videocassette recorder invented by Ampex Apr 16, 1960 Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman Aug 29, 1961 Optical disc invented by David Paul Gregg Aug 26, 1963 Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart Dec 8, 1968 Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer Jul 20, 1969 The moon landing - Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon Apr 5, 1971 E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson Apr 18, 1971 Pocket calculator invented by Sharp Corporation Oct 24, 1971 Floppy Disk invented by David Noble with IBM Jul 23, 1973 Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC Dec 11, 1983 Camcorder invented by Sony Mar 8, 1990 World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee Apr 27, 2001 Fuel cell bike invented by Aprilia. Oct 23, 2001 Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player the iPod Oct 24, 2001 Digital satellite radio Nov 16, 2002 Virtual keyboard invented by Canesta and VKB. Oct 11, 2003 Ice Bike invented by Dan Hanebrink Apr 6, 2005 YouTube - the online video sharing and viewing community - was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim.
