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1971, First Email
Computer scientist, Ray Tomlinson was the first person to send an email on two different computers using Advance Research Project Agency Network (ARPANET). He identified addresses between computers by using the “@“ symbol. -
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1970 Computer Inventions
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1973, First Cell Phone Call
Martin Cooper, Motorola engineer was the first person to make a mobile phone call. Cooper called his rival at Bell Labs in New York walking between 53rd and 54th street. He made this call using a brick sized device called the DynaTAC. -
1975, Digital Camera
Steven Sasson at Eastman Kodak created the first digital camera. He used a movie camera lens, Motorola parts and 16 batteries. It weighed 8lbs and took black and white images with 100x100 pixels -
1976, Apple Computer 1
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Wozniak built the computer and Jobs marketed the computer. Wozniak built the computer to prove it was possible to build an affordable computer. The computer displayed text and stored programs. -
1979, Portable Music Player
Masaru Ibuka Co-founder of Sony, created the idea for the Walkman Portable Cassette player. The idea was to be able to listen to music while traveling. More than 30,000 were sold within 2 Months.