The Evolution of Media Arts

  • Polygraph

    Polygraph

    The polygraph, otherwise known as a lie detector, was invented by John A. Larson and has helped our police force tremendously
  • Automatic Traffic Light

    Automatic Traffic Light

    The traffic light we know today was invented by Garrett Morgan and essential to drivers
  • Television

    Television

    The original TV was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth and is used by almost everyone for entertainment
  • Walkie Talkie

    Walkie Talkie

    The walkie talkie was invented by Don Hings and is used today by mostly law enforcement
  • Helicopter

    Helicopter

    The worlds first helicopter was invented by Igor Sikorsky
    and was the first to incorporate a single main rotor and tail rotor design
  • Microwave

    Microwave

    The microwave was invented by Percy Spencer and was the first to use radiation to cook things
  • Vinyl Records

    Vinyl Records

    Backed by Columbia Records, the first of it's kind to become the standardized 33 1/3 rpm speed
  • Coloured Television

    Coloured Television

    The first ever electronic, coloured television was created by RCA laboratories, and it would change an industry forever
  • Hovercraft

    Hovercraft

    British inventor and engineer, Christopher Sydney Cockerell created a vehicle that wasn't quite a plane or boat, a hybrid
  • Breathalyzer

    Breathalyzer

    The first modern breathalyzer was created by Robert Frank Borkenstein
  • Laser

    Laser

    Theodore Maiman invented the laser, by shining a high-power flash lamp on a ruby rod with silver-coated surfaces
  • Computer Mouse

    Computer Mouse

    The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart while he was studying the connections between humans and computers
  • Cellphone

    Cellphone

    Martin Cooper, an american engineer, lead the team that created the first mobile cell phone. He is widely considered the father of the cellular phone
  • Personal Computer

    Personal Computer

    MITS co-founder Ed Roberts invented the Altair 8800 which sold for about $300 at the time and coined the term “personal computer”.
  • Laptop

    Laptop

    Invented by Adam Osborne, the "Osborne 1" was the first truly portable computer
  • Disposable Camera

    Disposable Camera

    It was first created by "Fujifilm" and their "quicksnap" line of cameras used 35mm film
  • Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe Photoshop was of course, invented by "Adobe", It revolutionized the photo editing and online art world
  • Nintendo 64

    Nintendo 64

    The Nintendo 64 changed the way for video games. It was a console the first of it's kind
  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth

    Changing the wireless game, bluetooth was orignally invented in 1994 by Jaap Haartsen, but didn't hit the shelves on phones until 1999
  • USB Flash Drives

    USB Flash Drives

    The USB flash drive was created by M-Systems, and gave us the ability to keep our data in one spot, while being able to use it with any device
  • Iphone

    Iphone

    The first ever Iphone was created by of course, Apple, and changed our daily use of technology forever
  • Amazon Alexa

    Amazon Alexa

    The Amazon Alexa was created by Amazon, and was one of the first, popular smart home devices
  • Truly Wireless Earbuds

    Truly Wireless Earbuds

    Onyko, a Japanese manufacturer, surprised everyone with the release of these earbuds, being the first of their kind.