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400-350 BC The Mechanical Bird
Archytas also known as the "father of mechanical engineering"
created the first mechanical bird. It was made out of wood and steam to power its movements.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/10/the-first-known-robot-was-created-around-400-bc-and-was-a-mechanical-bird/ I put 1000 becuase it wouldn't show it in the time line. -
1927-TV
The first TV was released in 1927 by Philo Taylor Farnsworth a 27 year old who lived in Utah.When TV stated making a more common appearance the use of radios decreased. SInce them most people usually get their new on TV.
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1941 J.V. Atanasoff & Clifford Berry Create the ABC
The first computer to be able to solve 29 equations at the same time and be able to store its memory in its main memory. It was named "ABC"(Atanasoff-Berry Computer) http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html -
1943-Curta Calculator
The curta calculator was created by Curt Herzstark. He was an Austrian engineer before he was sent to a concentration camp in Germany. The Curta calculator was the smallest-all mechanical,four-function calculator ever made.
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1948 Cable TV
Cable TV was first introduced to the United States in 1948. It was first introduced to Arkansas,Oregon and Pennsylvania. Later during the 1980's cable tv was much more common in the U.S. This lead on to new innovations like new tv companies.
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1960's- The First Touchscreen
During the 1960's the first touchscreen device was developed by E.A Johnson. IN one article he entitled this "touch display".
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1971 "The Floppy Disk"
Alan Shugart and her team of IBM engineers create "The Floppy Disk". This disk allowed information or data to travel from one computer to the other. Almost like an older version of a flash drive.They were discontinued in March 2011.
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1976- Apple 1
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak team up and create the Apple 1. This is important because this marked the beginning of Apple and it was the first computer with a single circuit board.
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1980-First Computer Program
Frederic Williams,Tom Kilburn and Geoff Toothill, a group of researchers in the University of Manchester created the SSEM (Small-Scale Experimental Machine) also known as "Baby" in 1980. It was developed to" test new memory technology developed by Williams Kilburg --soon known as the Williams Tube--"
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1948/#169ebbe2ad45559efbc6eb3572083fb7 -
1981-Osborne 1
Osborne 1 was the first laptop ever made. It was developed by the Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighed 25 pounds and the price was $1,795
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The first Samsung Mobile Device
Samsung's first mobile device was created in Korea in 1985. Samsung was plagued with a lot of quality issues. Also the company's engineers would use Motorola cell phones as their benchmark devices.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/This-was-the-first-Samsung-cell-phone-ever_id63157 -
1998 Bluetooth
Bluetooth was created by 5 different companies.In 1998 it was officially named Bluetooth. They created the first printer,laptop and first hand free car kit.
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Oct,29,2000-Asimo Robot by Honda
The Asimo robot was designed to help people. It is 4 ft tall and it is a humanoid robot.It was created in 1986 and completed in 1996. Until it was finally released in 2000.
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2007-The First iPhone
In 2007 Apple released their first iPhone ever. Safari was the main search engine for iphones and it still continues to be till this day. -
P&P Office Waste Paper Processor
The P&P Office Waste Paper Processor is a new invention where if you accidentally print out something you can put it in the P&P Office Waste Paper Processor and it creates that piece of paper into pencils.This helps recycle paper and money.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/5-awesome-new-inventions-youll-never-hear-about2.htm
