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Vacuum Cleaner
Melville Bissell invented the first carpet sweeper by rotary brushes in a small canister with a push handle. He had the need for the vacuum when he got packing straw in the carpet. With his new invention it picked up straw and dust and it went into the canister to be thrown away. -
Washing Machine
Washing clothes took an enormous amount of time before the first washing machine was invented. The earliest design for the washing machine was a hand-cranked trums. Electric wringers were added in 1911. -
Hair Dryer
Modeled after the vacuum cleaner because some pieces of the vacuum could be used to dry their hair. Later they found a electric motor that was smaller enough that the hair dyer became a hand held dryer. -
The Personal Computer
It was the beginning of Microcomputers. It was cheap and easy to use. It was sold in kit form. To get it started it had to have machine language program. -
IBM PC
It ran on a 4.77 MHz Intel Microprocessor. It had 16 Kilobytes of memory on it. It came with at least 1 160k floppy disk and an opitional color monitor. The cost for this PC was $1,565 and today would be near $4,000. -
Magnetic Video Camara
It was an electronic video camara. The new modifcation of this invention was that you could play your video from a monitor instead of a disk. It was high in cost and low image quility. -
Windows
Windows provided Graphical User Interface (GUI). MS DOS was a very sucessful operating system that came bundled with the IBM computer. -
Apple Macintosh
The Macintosh had 128k Memory, 1 400k Floppy disk, 9" square pixels built in Black and White, weighed 16.5lbs, and cost $2,495. -
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA fingerprinting was found when a man by the name Alec Jefferys was moving an X-ray film and noticed a strand of DNA. Thats when he learned that every person has their very own fingerprint and thats how they could be identified. -
First Laptop Computer
It was introduced by IBM and weighed 12 pounds. it cost $1,995. it had a detachable monitor, ran on battery, and it used floppy disks. -
Cell Phone
PCS (Personal Communication Services) . A wireless communication device that was approved by the FCC, or the Federal Communications Commission. The CTIA (Cellular Technology Industry Association) wanted new data features like fax and messaging services. -
iPhone
The iPhone is a very popular phone from the 3 to the newest which is the 5. It is a touch-screen. You can take pictures and videos. you can listen to your favorite music through the purchase of iTunes. You can get many apps though the app store. And so much more.
