Technology Timeline

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  • Type Writer

    Type Writer
    Created by Christopher Latham Sholes. He invented the keyboard to go with the typewriter which made it successful. The first one was made in 1575.
  • Qwerty Keyboard

    Qwerty Keyboard
    Created by Christopher Latham Sholes. He invented this to go with the typewriter.
  • Xerox Printer

    Xerox Printer
    Created by Chester Carlson. This is the first printer which was a dry printing process called electrophotography or Xerox.
  • Mouse Trackball

    Mouse Trackball
    Created by Douglas Engelbart. This is the first mouse which was a trackball and it is wooden.
  • Arpanet

    Arpanet
    Created by Paul Baran. This is the earliest version of the World Wide Web.
  • Floppy Disk Drive

    Floppy Disk Drive
    Created by Alan Shugart. By the mid 1990’s the floppy disk lost its popularity because it was easily damageable by finger prints.
  • Word Processor

    Word Processor
    Created by Doug Engelbart. This is an early hypertext system which is now a common computer application.
  • Digitall Camera

    Digitall Camera
    Created by Steven Sasson. The first photograph took 23 seconds to create. To see the images it would have to be played back on a tv.
  • USB stick

    USB stick
    Created by M-Systems. It is a portable way to travel and store data.
  • iPhone

    iPhone
    Created by Apple. This is the first iPhone and is the first device to access safari.