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Pong is released
Nolah Bushnell hired Al Alcorn to design a car-driving game at first. The task was too advanced for Al, so he had him design a version of Ping Pong instead. -
The Silver Arm
David Silver with MIT designs the Silver Arm, a small-parts assembly robot using delicate feedback touch and pressure sensors. At the time, it could grip a pen and lift it off the table. -
Apple II
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Rod Holt release the Apple II. This was one of the world's first small and "portable" computers. At first they used cassette storage, later they added an external port for floppy discs. -
C programming language is invented
Brian W. Kernighan and Ritchie published the C Programming Language book. Later in the mid-1980s, It was important to establish a standard for C.