Media Timeline

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    Technology Breakouts

  • First Transatlantic Phone Call

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Digital Camera
    Steven Sasson invented the Digital Camera, February of 1975. Changing the future photography industry forever.
  • Camcorder

    Camcorder
    May of 1983, Sony released the first camcorder. It was called the Betamovie BMC-100P. It used Betamax and Cassette.
  • Nintendo Gamebody

    Nintendo Gamebody
    The Gameboy is a handheld console developed by Nintendo, launched on April 21, 1989 by the Japanese home market.
  • Social Media

    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

    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

    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

    Apple iPhone
    iPhone, series of smartphones produced by Apple Inc. combining mobile tech, digital camera, music player, and personal computing tech.
  • Apple iPad

    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

    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

    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

    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.