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First mechanical computer.
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First Mechanical Television
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First Demonstration of Electromechanical television.
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First radio broadcast of a sports event in the UK.
England vs Wales, Twickenham. -
First radio broadcast of a football match in the UK.
Arsenal vs Sheffield United, Highbury on the BBC. -
First regular TV broadcast.
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First televised sports event.
Specially arranged match for the BBC.
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First computer game.
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First transistor computer.
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First colour TV.
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First computer mouse.
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First email sent.
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First home games console.
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First online networked multiplayer game.
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Microsoft founded.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen. -
Apple founded.
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First Handheld console.
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Cyclops introduced. (Hawkeye)
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First commercially available Satellite Navigation system for cars.
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Gameboy released.
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First picture posted on the internet.
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PlayStation
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BBC online, launched.
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First iPods released.
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First XBOX
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Facebook launched.
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Facebook hits 1 million users.
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BBC iPlayer, launched.
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First home 3D TV sets.
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Facebook hits 500 million users.
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Facebook hits 1 billion users.
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A new generation of military helicopters.
the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) rotorcraft and the Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) rotorcraft. The JMR rotorcraft is designed with a propulsion method similar to that of the V-22 Osprey of earlier decades. The tilt-rotor design allows for both vertical take-offs and forward thrust flight. It can sustain speeds of over 200mph, with a combat range of about 1,000 miles and maximum altitude of 6,000 feet -
Manned mission to MarsThe most long-overdue of all space missions - a manned trip to Mars - is finally undertaken during this time.
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Hypersonic airliners are entering service.
Following decades of research and development, a new generation of aeroplanes is entering commercial service.* These aircraft have a cruising speed of Mach 5 - or about 3,800 mph - enabling them to fly from Europe to Australia in less than four hours. With a range of more than 20,000km (12,000 miles) they can perform this journey without refuelling and have excellent subsonic and supersonic fuel efficiency. -
The final phase of HS2 rail link is completed.
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Bionic eyes surpassing human vision
Although yet to become mainstream, bionic eye implants are now available that not only restore sight, but actually exceed human vision. -
A robot football team.
A robot football team that will be able to beat the world champions! -
Smaller, safer, hi-tech automobiles.
The vast majority of cars in the developed world are computer-controlled, while traffic flow and other road management issues are handled by advanced networks of AI. -
Fully synthetic humans are becoming technically feasible.
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Desktop PCs now have raw processing power equivalent to all of the human brains which ever existed on Earth.
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A radio telescope is built on the Moon
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Permanent team of scientists on Mars.