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Technology Timeline
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The Calculator
The first calculator was made by Blaise Pascal in 1642 - 1644
https://www.britannica.com/technology/Pascaline -
The First Camera
The first partially successful photograph of a camera image was made in approximately 1816 by Nicéphore Niépce.
https://photography.lovetoknow.com/First_Camera_Invented -
The First Computer
The first mechanical computer, The Babbage Difference Engine, was designed by Charles Babbage in 1822.
https://theconversation.com/what-was-the-first-computer-122164 -
The First Typewriter/Keyboard
It was Christopher Latham Sholes who, in 1868, patented the first practical modern typewriter.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-the-qwerty-keyboard-49863249/ -
The Lightbulb
U.S. inventor Thomas Edison created the lightbulb during 1879.
https://www.bulbs.com/learning/history.aspx#:~:text=In%201802%2C%20Humphry%20Davy%20invented,as%20the%20Electric%20Arc%20lamp. -
The First Car
On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for his “vehicle powered by a gas engine.
https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/tradition/company-history/1885-1886.html?r=dai -
The Radio
The Radio was invented in 1901 by the Italian Inventor Guglielmo Marconi.
https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1890-1930/#:~:text=Italian%20inventor%20Guglielmo%20Marconi%20(pictured,more%20than%20a%20kilometer%20away. -
The First Plane
Most people think about Orville and Wilbur Wright. And, December 17, 1903 is the day to remember. That was the day that Orville won the toss of the coin. He made the first successful powered flight in history!
https://www.space.com/16596-wright-flyer-first-airplane.html#:~:text=The%20Wright%20Flyer%2C%20which%20made,some%20degree)%20controlled%20flying%20machine. -
The First Headphones
Engineer Nathaniel Baldwin invented the first pair of audio headphones resembling modern day pairs at his kitchen table in 1910.
https://lstnsound.com/blogs/main/a-brief-history-of-headphones#:~:text=The%20Navy%20%2D%201910,was%20making%20them%20by%20hand. -
The First TV
The first "television" system broadcast was a straight-line by Philo Farnsworth on September 7th, 1927.
https://stephens.hosting.nyu.edu/History%20of%20Television%20page.html -
The First Microwave
The first commercial microwave oven was tested in a Boston restaurant in 1947 by a Raytheon engineer named Percy Spencer.
https://www.livescience.com/57405-who-invented-microwave-oven.html#:~:text=The%20first%20commercial%20microwave%20oven,cost%20%245%2C000%2C%20according%20to%20Gallawa. -
The First Video Game
In October 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong.
https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200810/physicshistory.cfm -
The First Printer
The first electronic printer was the EP-101, invented by Japanese company Epson and released in 1968.
https://www.computerhope.com/history/printer.htm#:~:text=Charles%20Babbage%20designed%20the%20first,he%20also%20developed%20in%201822.&text=The%20typewriter%20was%20considered%20a,by%20Christopher%20Sholes%20in%201868.&text=The%20first%20high%2Dspeed%20printer,by%20Remington%2DRand%20in%201953. -
The First (Real) Cell Phone
The first ever cellular phone call was made in 1973 by Martin Cooper.
https://georgiasouthern.libguides.com/c.php?g=612229&p=4545365#:~:text=The%20Motorola%20DynaTAC%208000X,Martin%20Cooper. -
The First Website
On August 6, 1991, the first website was introduced to the world.
https://www.businessinsider.com/flashback-this-is-what-the-first-website-ever-looked-like-2011-6#:~:text=The%20first%20web%20page%20went,%2FWWW%2FTheProject.html.
