Technology Timeline

Launch of Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

Russian satellite first in space to reach orbit

Explorer 1

Jan 31, 1958

USA first satellite reaches orbit

First Commerical Nuclear Power Place

May 26, 1958

The first commercial nuclear power plant opens in the US

First Weather Satellite

Feb 17, 1959

Vanguard 2 launched into space

Implant of the Artifical Pacemaker

Apr 16, 1960

First implant of the artifical pacemaker

First Practical Laser

Jul 7, 1960

First practical laser was invented and used to help measure.

LED

Jan 1, 1962

First LED or Light Emmiting Diode was invented

AT&T Modem

Aug 16, 1962

AT&T releases their first modem called Bell 103 that has a speed of 300 bits per second.

First Cassette Player

Nov 18, 1962

First cassette player is released

First Unmanned Aircraft

Mar 3, 1964

First unmanned aircraft invented

Colored TV

Sep 16, 1965

Networks begin to broadcast in color

Hand-Held Calculator

Dec 18, 1966

First hand held calculator invented

Computer Mouse

Nov 1, 1968

First computer mouse

Lunar Module

Jul 20, 1969

Lunar Module was invented to send US people to the moon

Taser

Nov 8, 1969

The first taser was invented

Digital Recording

Nov 18, 1970

First digital music recorded

First Laser Printer

Nov 16, 1971

First laster printer invented

E-Mail

Dec 16, 1971

E-mail was invented late in 1971

MRI

Nov 8, 1972

MRI was first created

Ethernet

Nov 17, 1973

Was used for local networking

Digital Camera

Nov 8, 1975

First digital camera was invented

Apple 1

Jul 1, 1976

First Apple computer available to public purchase

Apple 2

Apr 1, 1977

Apple 2 was released

Cell Phone

Nov 16, 1978

First cell phone

Fingerprint Recognition

Sep 3, 1980

First started in Japan but then moved over to the US to help identify people with their finger prints.

GPS

Dec 4, 1983

Global Positioning System was invented.

Apple Mouse

Apr 1, 1984

Apple mouse was available for their computers

CD

Dec 3, 1984

The first CD Rom was created in 1984

The Walkman

Dec 4, 1986

First CD player released

Disposable Camera

Dec 4, 1986

Fuji releases the disposable camera

World Wide Web

Dec 3, 1990

The world wide web was created in 1990

Digital Answering Machine

Dec 3, 1991

First digital answering machine was invented in 1991

WIndows 95

Jan 1, 1995

Windows 95 was launched to help computers multitask

Java

Dec 3, 1995

Java was invented for computer language in 1995

DVD

Dec 3, 1995

Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc was invented in 1995

MP3

Nov 8, 1996

The first audio format was invented

Broadband

Jan 1, 1997

Broadband was invented

Google

Sep 4, 1998

Google was launched

WiFi

Nov 8, 1999

WiFi became available

iPod

Oct 22, 2001

First generation of iPod released

iPod Mini

Jan 6, 2004

First generation of iPod Mini

iPod Shuffle

Jan 11, 2005

First generation of iPod Shuffle

iPod Nano

Sep 7, 2005

First generation of iPod Nano

Wii

Nov 16, 2006

Wii was introducted in 2006

iPhone

Jun 27, 2007

The first iPhone was released

Xbox 360

Nov 22, 2007

XBox is released

iPad

Apr 3, 2010

iPad is released

iPhone 4

Feb 10, 2011

iPhone 4 is released

Xbox One

Nov 22, 2013

Newest generation of Xbox is released