90's Technology

By Megan LaRose

  • Photoshop 1.0

    Photoshop 1.0
    Photoshop is a graphic design program invented by Thomas and John Knoll. Later Adobe released their version, Photoshop 1.0. It was designed to manipulate scanned images on a computer.

  • First Text Message Sent

    First Text Message Sent
    Neil Papworth sent "Merry Christmas" as the first text from a computer to a phone. Today millions of people continue to send text messages and express themselves with this tool.

  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    The WWW allowed computers to communicate with each other, share documents, and information. Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the idea in the 80's but the WWW did not become publicly accessible until 1993.

  • Cyberknife Technology

    Cyberknife Technology
    This system was ground breaking for non-invasive tumor treatment. A highly accurate robotic arm is able to beam radiation on a tumor at different angles. This technology was invented at Stanford Health Care and debuted in 1994.

  • Google

    Google
    Google is search engine designed to organize and connect pages on the WWW. Google was create at Stanford University by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1995 but later became Google Inc. officially in 1998.