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Inventor: Neil Papworth - First text message is sent on December 3rd 1992 by the creator of the Short Message Service (SMS) to his colleague messaging, "Merry Christmas" Source. The text message has grown significantly over the years to the point where most see or send at least 32 text messages on average per day Source.
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Inventor: Apple Computer Inc - The first Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device that is the precursor to what our smart phones can do now. The device was able to fax, and email, as well as possessing a rudimentary handwriting recognition! Source
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Inventor: Nintendo IRD - One of the first 3D graphic home entertainment systems. Classic releases such as Super Mario 64 were produced on this system Source. Today 3D graphic powered games are the most popular video game type Source.
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Inventor: David Paul Gregg and James Russell - Originally developed back in 1958, the DVD was release in 1997 and took over for VHS. It featured higher quality picture and audio, and it never had to be rewound Source! Digital video has kept improving over the years. DVD is 480p (720x480) and videos now are 4k (3840x2160) Source!
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Inventor: Brent Townshend - Introduced the internet to the masses through this desktop modem. Allowed "high speed" data transfer between two computers Source. Today we have internet speeds 1000s of times faster. 56K was 56Kbps. That is 56 Kilobits per second. About 1000 Kilobits is 1 Megabit, and most connections now are in the 10Megabit to 150 Megabit connections Source.
