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Technology Breakouts
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First Transatlantic Phone Call
On January 7, 1927, The first offical transatlantic phone call took place. The people who took place in the call were, The President of America's ATT co, Walter S. Gifford and, Sir Evelyn P. Murray. -
Movies with Sound
On October 6, 1927, The Jazz Singer was the first ever film to be made with full sound. Sound was incorporated synchronized for sequences of dialogue. -
Walkie Talkies
In 1937, Walkie Talkies were invented by the Candaian Don Hings. They were made to help out people in the military to keep the squad in touch with their commanders. -
First Colored Movie
On August 21, 1939, The Film, Wizard of Oz was realeased in full color. It is an American Musical Fantasy Film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. -
Electronic Computer
In 1943, the first electronic computer was created. It was first built in England then 2 years later in 1945 it was built in America. -
Polaroid Camera
The first Polaroid Camera was invented in 1948. It was called the Model 95 and it's associated film went in store in 1948 as well. -
Colored Television
The first color TV based system designed by RCA began commerical broadcasting on December 17, 1953. The colored TV's costed more than triple the price of the black and white ones. -
Artificial Intelligence
AI was first invented in 1995. John McCarthy held a workshop at Dartmouth on "Artificial Intelligence" that was the first time it was ever said and from there it became more and more popular. -
Weather Satellite
On April 1, 1960, NASA launched the TIROS-1 (The word's first successful meteorological satellite) As of now the TIROS-1 is still orbiting the earth. -
L.E.D
October of 1962, H.J Round, Oleg Losev, James R. Biard, and Nick Holonyak all contributed to create the L.E.D lights that we still use in todays time. -
Video Game Console
In September of 1972, the first ever video game console was created. "The Oddysey" But there were only a couple games that could be accessed by it -
Digital Camera
Steven Sasson invented the Digital Camera, February of 1975. Changing the future photography industry forever. -
Camcorder
May of 1983, Sony released the first camcorder. It was called the Betamovie BMC-100P. It used Betamax and Cassette. -
Nintendo Gamebody
The Gameboy is a handheld console developed by Nintendo, launched on April 21, 1989 by the Japanese home market. -
Social Media
Sixdegrees.com was the first social networking site. Launched in 1997, most features would come to characterize such sites: Custom their profile and connect with friends. -
Apple iMac
The iMac is a series of computers that have all in one access to all feautures. Introduced by Steve Jobs, August 15, 1998. -
Apple iPod
The original iPod was the first MP3 player to pack over 1,000 songs and a 10-hour battery into a 6.5 ounce package. -
Apple iPhone
iPhone, series of smartphones produced by Apple Inc. combining mobile tech, digital camera, music player, and personal computing tech. -
Apple iPad
On January 27, 2010, the Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) announced the release of their first generation iPad. A touch screen tablet computer. -
Instagram
The first prototype of Instagram was a web app called Burbn, inspired by Systrom's love of whiskey's and bourbons. Instagram was launched on October 6, 2010 and got 25,000 users in one day. -
ChatGPT
On November 30, 2022, ChatGPT was released for all users to have access to. It is trained to understand and generate natural language text. -
Apple Vision Pro
In the USA, the Apple Vision pro has been on sale since Feb 2, 2024. It is a augmented and virtual reality headset, a device that has been in development for over a decade.