Technology in the 70s

  • The Email

    Inventor: Ray Tomlinson. Electronic mail.
  • The Floppy Disk

    Inventor: Ralph Flores & Herbert E. Thompson. Used to easily load software and updates to the computers mainframe.
  • Cell Phone

    Motorola engineer Martin Cooper invented the first handheld phone.
  • Inkjet Printer

    By Hewlett-Packard. Made printing from a computer possible.
  • Home VHS Tapes

    The technology was introduced in Japan and the U.S received it the following year. VHS tapes were used to watch and record media such as tv shows and movies.