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The Sony Walkman
The Walkman was a huge invention by the Sony Founder Masaru Ibuka. For the first time ever, people could take their music on the go. The walkman gave everyone control over their music choices. Hello MIXED- TAPES!! The walkman also paved the way for the Discman and Mp3 players including the ipod and iphone. -
IBM PC
The first IBM PC was invented in July of 1980 by a team of engineers and designers directed by Don Estridge. This PC had 16 kilobytes of memory. It came with 1 or 2 160K floppy disk drives. Some even had an optional color monitor. This pricy item started at $1565.00 -
The Internet
Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn are computer scientists who are credited with inventing the internet. The internet is a worldwide computer network that transmits data and media across different interconnected devices. There were so many benefits and ways the internet improved our lives. The biggest impact was it made it possible to communicate and share data with each other. -
Motorola DynaTAC 8000x
Martin Cooper was placed in charge to develop a cellphone. The DynaTAC was the first true cell phone and godfather of all cell phones. When it came out in 1983 it cost $4000. It took 10 hours to charge and that gave you 30 minutes of talk time. The concept of the mobile phone back then seemed like it was only for the rich. It took quite a few years to become the very popular and standard accessory we all love and adore. -
Nintendo Game Boy
The game boy was a handheld video game console and was designed and invented by Nintendo's chief engineer Gunpei Yokei. It had a 2 inch black and white screen. It was a iconic toy and we can't forget the two popular games that we all played on it, Super Mario Land or Tetris. It was a huge success for Nintendo and they sold almost 100 million units worldwide.