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radio
In the 1920s, the radio became a common household item. -
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Silent Film
Silent Films started to popularize and became a well know outing for people. This then started the red carpet which first occurred on October 18, 1922. -
calculator
The idea of the first electronic calculator was discovered in the late 1930s by mathematician Alan Turing. -
car radio
The car radio was invented in the 1920s, but it wasn't until June, 1930 that the car radio was sold in the market. -
Television
In the 1950s, televisions started to become a common household item. Programs on the TV were broadcast daily for two hours. Some special events were broadcast for television viewers such as the World Cup in 1954. In America, colored TV was introduced in 1954. -
First Computer Hard Disk used
In 1954, Reynold Johnson started a team to try to create a fast mass storage system that would be faster than punched cards and magnetic tape. In 1956 they used the Model 350 disk storage unit, which was the first hard disk drive. -
VCR
The first successful videotape recorder was created in 1956. This was created by Dr. Norikazu Sawazaki and it was named after him. -
Cassette Tapes
In 1962, the company Phillips invented the cassette tape. The invention was originally released to Europe on August 30, 1963. The U.S. would release the invention in November of next year. -
Touch Tone Telephone
On November 18, 1963, the first electronic push button system with touch tone dialing was released by BELL -
Walkmans
Walkman's were invented on July 1, 1979 by Sony. The Walkman became a popular music device in the 80s that used and played cassette tapes. -
CDs
The CD was commercialized on August 17, 1982. This was created by Sony and Phillips. This changed the world when they relied that CD could be used for more then just music. -
Camcorder
In 1983, the Betamovie was released to the public and it was the first camcorder ever. It was invented by Sony -
The first text message
On December 3rd, 1992, the first text message was sent from Neil Papworth. This would change the history of the phone dramatically. -
Playstation
On December 3rd, 1994, the first Playstation was invented by Sony. -
DVD
On November 1, 1996 the DVD player was released. This was invented by Sony and Phillips. -
Blu Ray
In April of 2000, the first Blu Ray player was released to the public in Japan. -
Youtube
On February 14, 2005, YouTube, a video streaming platform, was released to the internet.
