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First Camera Phone Introduced
Japan's SoftBank released a digital phone with a camera. They released a flip version a month after the release of this phone. It quickly made cameras a a significant part of phones within a year and certain countries passed laws regulating their use. -
Earth Simulator is the worlds fastest super computer
This Earth Simulator Supercomputer was invented by the Japanese government to create global climate models. -
PowerMac G5 is released
The powermac G5 is the first 64 bit personal computer. -
Arduino released
A credit card sized microcontroller eventually became the main computer platform for the maker movement. -
Amazon Kindle is released
The amazon kindle transformed reading by allowing people to hold hundreds of books on a single platform.