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Blaise Pascal (1623–1666) invented the first practical mechanical calculator.
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Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876.
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Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927.
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Fred W. Wolf invented the first commercially viable electric refrigerator in the United States. Sold for the first time in 1928, the DOMELRE, an air-cooled refrigeration unit, was mounted on top of an icebox.
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The first freely programmable computer came into play.
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Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invented the integrated circuit'better known as the computer chip.
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Spacewar games invented the first computer video games.
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Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse. He called it the mouse because the cord came out the back like a tail.
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IBM and Apple were just a couple of the brands that put out the first personal computers.
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Electronics companies agree to make Wi-Fi a worldwide standard for wireless Internet.
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Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player.
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iRobot Corporation releases the first version of its Roomba® vacuum cleaning robot.
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Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book (e-book) reader.
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Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone called the iPhone.
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Apple releases its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad.
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Supercomputers (the world's fastest computers) are now a mere 30 times less powerful than human brains.
