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Video Game Pong
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney had invented the arcade game named Pong. Pong was the foundation for the video game industry, it wasn't the first one made but it was the first to gain attention nationwide. After creating this game that mimicked table tennis or as well all know ping-pong, Bushnell and Dabney co-founded Atari Inc. -
UPC or Barcode
George Laurer had created the better version of the barcode. His version scanned the barcodes or Universal Product Code (UPC) with lasers that were digitally connected to the computers in grocery stores. It help businesses big or small become more efficient. Maintaining inventory was a whole lot easier and became more accurate. Shopping didn't involve long lines making it less time-consuming. -
Microsoft
Microsoft a computer software corporation was created in the 1970s by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It would go on to be the biggest operating system in the world. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and created Microsoft with a childhood friend, Paul Allen. Although, their big break wasn't till the 80s, the history had began 1975. -
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Air Force colonel Bradford Parkinson lead a team in 1973 to develop a one way ranging system for 24 satellites. They started the approach in 1974 and by 1978 the first launch of the NAVSTAR-GPS occurred. It was created for the military to fire weapons more accurately. -
Jarvik 7
Plastic and metal made up an artificial heart that was to be permanently put into a human, it was an internal system that regulated pumps through compressed air hoses which were connected to the heart chambers. Dr. Robert Jarvik was inspired by past ideas as well from his father who had heart disease. He wanted to help patients live as long as possible in order to receive a heart transplant. December 2 Jarvik performed surgery using the Jarvik 7 and the patient lived for 112 days.