Technology Timeline By cameronnyznik Oct 4, 1907 Helicopter invented by Paul Cornu Period: Oct 26, 1907 to Oct 26, 2012 Technology Timeline Nov 3, 1919 James Smathers develops the first electric typewriter Aug 29, 1923 Television Electronic invented by Philo Farnsworth May 1, 1928 Antibiotics, penicillin invented by Alexander Fleming Sep 25, 1937 Jet engine invented by Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain May 28, 1945 The atomic bomb Feb 19, 1956 Videocassette recorder invented by Ampex Dec 29, 1960 Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman Sep 15, 1963 Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart Nov 10, 1968 Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer Mar 15, 1969 The moon landing - Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon Feb 28, 1971 Floppy Disk invented by David Noble with IBM Apr 4, 1973 Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC Jun 25, 1983 Camcorder invented by Sony Jan 9, 1990 World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee Dec 3, 2002 RIM releases the first BlackBerry smartphone Jun 5, 2004 Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released, which later became Microsoft Internet Explorer's biggest competitor since Netscape Navigator. Dec 5, 2005 Microsoft releases the Xbox 360. Aug 13, 2007 The first iPhone was introduced by Apple. Sep 28, 2008 The HTC Dream, the first commercially available phone to run the Android operating system, was released.
