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VCR was introduced
Ampex introduced the Quadruplex videotape professional broadcast standard format with its Ampex VRX-1000 in 1956. It became the world's first commercially successful videotape recorder using two-inch wide tape. Due to its US$50,000 price, the Ampex VRX-1000 could be afforded only by the television networks and the largest individual stations. -
Sputnik was Launched
The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses detectable. -
First Computer Chip Patened
The first Computer Chip was patented. -
Vostok 1
The first spaceflight in the Vostok program and the first human spaceflight in history. -
LED
The first practical visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak, Jr. -
8 Track tapes
Stereo 8 was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear. -
Laptop
The first laptop (porable computer) was the Dynabook, created by Alan Kay in 1968. Technology evolved and these comuters got more easily portable and got more features. it is now a common feature of modern society. -
Cell Phone
The first hand-held cell phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973. -
Compact Disc prototype introduced
Sony first publicly demonstrated an optical digital audio disc in September 1976. -
Atari
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in September 1977 by Atari, Inc. -
Nintendo Entertainment System
In 1985, the NES launched in North America, and was accompanied by Super Mario Bros., one of the best-selling video games of all time. -
WiFi
802.11 technology has its origins in a 1985 ruling by the US Federal Communications Commission that released the ISM band for unlicensed use. -
First 'Smart' Phone-PDA
The first cellular phone to incorporate PDA features was an IBM prototype developed in 1992 and demonstrated that year at the COMDEX computer industry trade show. -
MP3
On 7 July 1994, the Fraunhofer Society released the first software MP3 encoder called l3enc. -
Facebook Goes Live
On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook", originally located at thefacebook.com
