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Generation X Timeline

  • Calculator

    Calculator
    Invented by Jack Kilby in 1967. It has allowed us to perform calculations more efficiently and now be able to graph them on the calculator.
  • Cordless telephone

    Cordless telephone
    Invented by Teri Pall in 1965, but patented by George Sweigert in 1969. The start to a long journey of constantly upgrading the technology of a phone. This later on turned from a simple calling device to a portable pocket "computer" that everyone now uses to call, text, and even use the internet.
  • Laser printer

    Laser printer
    Invented by researcher Gary Starkweather. Allows us to produce high quality text and graphics on plain paper.
  • Video game console

    Video game console
    invented by Ralph H. Baer. An interactive entertainment computer that produces a video display signal. This was the beginning of a long stretch for other companies to compete and create gaming systems which people can now make money from.
  • Digital camera

    Digital camera
    Invented by Steven Sasson. A device that takes video or still photographs by recording images via an electronic image sensor. This allowed us to have a visual record of history, which we still use today and have allowed it so that our phones are built with them.