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First Typewriter
The first typewriter was made by a group of people in America. At that time they were like computers for us today. It had little bits of string that pulled down when you hit a certain letter. en.wikipedia.org -
First Telephone
Graham Bell was the one who invented the telephone. The test they did to see if it worked was one man was in one room and Dr. Bell was in the other and they talked to each other. He invented it for long range communication that was better than sending letters. https://flic.kr/p/TKo -
First Lightbulb
The first light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison. It was invented as a longer lasting form of light. Before a lightbulb they only used candles for light. commons.wikimedia.org -
First Radio
The first radio was invented by 21 year old Gugliemo Marconi. He called his invention the wireless telegraph. He experimented with it in his parent's attic. The radio was made not only to liten to music and things like that, but it was also made to communicate with others especially during the war. en.wikipedia.org -
First Coffee Machine
The first electronic drip coffe machine was invented by Gottlob Widmann in Germany. It very quikly replaced the other types of making coffe because the other types were often very bitter. The first coffee machine used paper bags to hold the coffee inside. -
First Computer mouse
The comuter mouse was was invented by Douglas C. Engelbert. Although he invented in in 1964 he only released it to the public four years later. The mouse had one button that you used to click, underneath the mouse were two discs. One disc was facing horizontally and one was facing vertically, when you moved the mouse the dics spun around and that was how the mouse moved on your screen. en.wikipedia.org -
Electric Calculator
The first calculator had two objectives when it was being made, number one is for the calculator to fit in someones palm and number two is that itcan also calculate basic maths problems. It had a small keyboard and it could add, subtract, multiply and divide. I couldn't find the right photo but the one in the photo is simliar. https://goo.gl/2c9G24 -
First Gaming Console - Magnavox Oddyssey
The first gaming console was made for virtual games instead of games like tag. It was quite rare to have one of these and there were very little games to play. en.wikipedia.org -
ENIAC
Eniac was the first electronic computer. It was built to be programmed and solve a large class of numerical problems. The eniac was digital and was very complicated. commons.wikimedia.org -
First Laptop
The first laptop had a tiny screen and it was nearly impossible to see. It was made by Adam Osborne and it weighed 5 pounds. en.wikipedia.org -
ARPANET
Arpanet was te first internet that was ever invented. It was the network of networks. At that time it was the modern internet and was considered very complicated. www.flickr.com -
First Touch Screen Phone
The first touch screen phone was actually very simple. The only buttons there were, were numbers with 3 letters above. So number 1 had abc on top and you had to click 1 two times to get B.The first phone was released by a company called IBM in 1992. commons.wikimedia.org -
Google
Google was invented in America by Larry page and Sergey Brin while they where both students at Stanford university. Even though they invented it they didn't own the whole of Google. Later on they claimed it as a private company. Google was made for people to know things, express what they know to others and to work on anything they need to. commons.wikimedia.org -
First Tablet
The first tablet was made by microsoft. At that time it was called a tablet PC because it was like a computer shaped like a tablet. The tablet had a pen so you could write or choose what you wanted to do. The pen basically did what you don with your fingers on ipads these days. hu.wikipedia.org
