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Email
Ray Tomlinson is universally credited as the creator of email.
He developed the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts across the ARPANET, using the @ sign to link the user name with a destination server. This completely changed the way businesses and people can connect with one another in a more formal way. -
Atari's PONG
Designed by Allan Alcorn
Manufactured by Atari, IMC
A table tennis- theme arcade sports video game. This groundbreaking electronic game featured two-dimensional graphics in which players used paddles to hit a ball back and forth across the screen. It was the first commercially successful video game and set the stage for modern video games. -
IBM SCAMP
Invented by Dr. Paul Friedl
The beginning of portable computers. The IBM SCAMP was designed to be portable. It hopes to fold like a suitcase and includes accessories like monitors, keyboards, and cassette tape storage. This invention concept is like a pre-modern version of today's laptop. -
First Digital Camera
Invented by the Kodak Engineer, Steve Sasson.
This camera was about the size of a breadbox and it took 23 seconds to capture a single image. However, this transformed the efficiency of capturing our memories opposed to other complicated photographic technologies. -
Handheld Cell Phones
Invented and designed by Martin Cooper
Designed to switch accessibility from land lines to hand-held communication devices. Due to the numerous introductions and evolving designs of hand-held cell phones, generations across the globe now are able to communicate with one another miles away.