Technology Use Progression in the 70's

By Durfee01

  • Laser Printer invented at Xerox PARC

    a. 1971
    b. Laser Printer
    c. Starkweather
    d. The Laser printer was capable of creating or writing an image with a laser.

  • Pong released

    a. 1972
    b. Pong
    c. Nolan Bushnell
    d. Pong was one of the first online games. It was a small tennis like game that started the gaming industry.

  • The Silver Arm

    a. 1974
    b. The Silver Arm
    c. David Silver
    d. The Silver Arm was a robotic arm invited to help put together small machines, this was the first push towards AI and robotics.

  • C3PO and R2D2

    a. 1977
    b. C3PO and R2D2
    c. George Lucas
    d. These two characters were robots introduced in the Star Wars universe.

  • Atari 400 and 800

    a. 1979
    b. Atari Model 400 and 800
    c. Atari
    d. These two pieces of technology helped to push the gaming side of technology as well as personal computing.