The Amazing 80's

By Group430093

  • Walkman

    Walkman
    ●The WalkMan was built In 1980 by Nobutoshi Kihara for Sony co-chairman.( Masaru ibuka).
    ● Masaru Ibuka wanted an technology where he was able to listen to Operas during his frequent trans-pacific plane trips.
    ● An new Walkman was created on February 29,2012 but people had issues with the new device because it turns off when it wants too and , it didnt save any files or songs. But no lawsuit was filed against this new device.

  • The Space Shuttle

    The Space Shuttle
    ●The first Space Shuttle launch was the Columbia on April 12, 1981. The mission lasted a little more than two days. The Columbia returned home safely and gave NASA valuable information about the design of the shuttle.
    ● We now look at this space shuttle as a piece of history and achievement.

  • Compact Discs

    Compact Discs
    ● In 1982 there were compact-disc invented for those to play sound recordings only, but later adapted for storage of data.
    ● This product was developed by Phillips, Sony to give the 80's and the future audio and data storage.
    ●Companies like Sony and Philips swooped in to create an alternative: the compact disc.
    In the early to mid 1980s, engineers wrote a series of books that set out the standards for the compact-disc format.

  • DynaTAC 8000x

    DynaTAC 8000x
    ●Manufactured by Motorala , inc Dyntac 8000x was the first portable cellular phone for consumer use.
    ● It was priced at $3,995 in 1983 and still till this day, which makes todays world say ''makes th e iphones look cheap.
    ● The problem with this phone is that it costs to much money and not alot of people can purchase this hand held mobile device.

  • Macintosh Personal Computer

    Macintosh Personal Computer
    In 1984, Apple launched the Macintosh computer. It was the first personal computer to feature a graphics-based user interface. Other computers required users to type in commands to launch applications. The Macintosh used icons to represent programs and a strange device called a mouse.

  • Sinclair C5

    Sinclair C5
    Clive Sinclair is a British inventor whose interests range over amplifiers, radios, calculators, pocket TV’s and electric vehicles. His first electric vehicle was the Sinclair C5, and is the product for which he is, somewhat unjustly, most famous. At the time, this vehicle was claimed to be ‘a revolution in personal transport’.

  • Disposable

    Disposable
    Like contact lenses, cameras became a disposable commodity in the 1980s. Fujifilm invented the modern disposable camera in 1986 with the Utsurun-Desu, and other major photography companies like Kodak, Canon and Nikon quickly started manufacturing similar products

  • HDTV

    HDTV
    the invention of the HDTV dates back much earlier. The Japan Broadcasting Corporation, also known as NHK, began work on a new standard for television that included a wider screen and more lines of resolution.

  • Digital Voice Recorder

    Digital Voice Recorder
    *The simplest digital device for recording conference calls is a small handheld digital voice recorder. These gadgets are similar in look and feel to normal mini-cassette tape recorders, except they can record hundreds of hours of digital audio on their small built-in flash memory cards

  • Nintendo Power Glove

    Nintendo Power Glove
    ● The Nintendo power glove was invented for gaming control use only by Grant Goddard and Samuel Cooper Davis.
    ● This control was NOT popular but criticized for its imprecise and difficult-to-use-controlls.
    ●This device was also used in the 1989 film '' The Wizard."