Timeline: Technology Timeline 1990-2013

Jan 1, 1990

Internet Is Born

The World Wide Web, Internet Protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML) are created by Tim Berners-Lee.

Apr 24, 1990

Hubble Telescope

Hubble Telescope is invented

Aug 11, 1991

Answering Machine

The digital answering machine is invented

Jul 18, 1992

Smartpill

The name of smart pill now refers to any pill that can deliver or control its delivery of medicine without the patient having to take action beyond the initial swallow.
The phrase smart pill became popular after the computer controlled medical device was patented by Jerome Schentag and David D'Andrea, and named one of the top inventions of 1992 by Popular Science magazine. However, now the name has become generic and many companies are using the name smart pill. Jerome Schentag, professor of p

Mar 1, 1993

Pentium Processor

The pentium processor is invented

Feb 1, 1994

Yahoo

Yahoo is founded

Feb 26, 1994

Playstation

Sony introduces its PlayStation video game console

Jan 25, 1995

Java

The Java computer language is invented

Jan 1, 1996

Maxromedia Flash 1.0

Macromedia Flash 1.0 was introduced.

Oct 5, 1997

Nintendo 64

The first Nintendo game system appears on shelves

Nov 1, 1998

Computer Animation

Computer Aniamation is introduced

Feb 26, 1999

AOL and Microsoft: Goliath vs, Goliath

Having won the battle for the desktop and the browser, Microsoft lost no time in moving against its next big target, bringing America Online into its sights throughout much of 1999.

Feb 26, 2000

Hybrid Car

Toyota releases first hybid car, the first of its kind.

Oct 23, 2001

Apple iPod

Apple announces the first portable music digital player the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer.

Jan 1, 2002

Foveon Camera Chip

The Forveon Camera Chip is invented by Richard Merrill

Jan 1, 2003

Max the Robotic Cat

Max the robotic cat was invented in 2003 by inventer Omron

Jan 1, 2004

Flower Sound

Ka-on or Flower Sound are plants that play music invented by the Japanese based Let's Corporation. Flowers bouquets will act as loudspeakers when placed in a special vase that has electronics hidden in the base.

Jan 1, 2005

Youtube

YouTube - the online video sharing and viewing community - was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim.

Feb 26, 2006

Wii

A new console by Nintendo that includes a wireless controller. As of December 2009, the Wii leads the generation over the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales.