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Year of Birth
I was born on October 20, 2001. -
Television
The invention of the television was the work of many individuals in the late 19th century and early 20th century.(References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television) I'm 1 year old. -
Radio
The early history of radio is the history of technology that produces and uses radio instruments that use radio waves. Within the timeline of radio, many people contributed theory and inventions in what became radio.Radio development began as "wireless telegraphy". Later radio history increasingly involves matters of broadcasting. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radio) And I was 2 years old when I first encounter a radio. -
Books
The history of books starts with the development of writing, and various other inventions such as paper and printing, and continues through to the modern day business of book printing. Then hand-bound, expensive, and elaborate books known as codices appeared. These gave way to press-printed volumes and eventually lead to the mass printed tomes prevalent today. (References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_book) I was 3 years old. -
Newspaper
The first newspaper was published in Boston in 1690. (References: https://www.sutori.com/story/the-invention-of-the-newspaper-dc3d) I was 5 years old. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone. After all it was his design that was first patented, however, he was not the first inventor to come up with the idea of a telephone. Antonio Meucci, an Italian immigrant, began developing the design of a talking telegraph or telephone in 1849. (References: https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/telephone.html) I was 5 years old. -
Typerwriter
The concept of a typewriter dates back at least to 1714, when Englishman Henry Mill filed a vaguely-worded patent for "an artificial machine or method for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another." But the first typewriter proven to have worked was built by the Italian Pellegrino Turri in 1808 for his blind friend Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano. (References: http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html) I was 5 years old. -
Mobile phone
The world's first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, when Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone. ( References: https://www.knowyourmobile.com/nokia/nokia-3310/19848/history-mobile-phones-1973-2008-handsets-made-it-all-happen)
I was in grade 1 (6 years old) when i had my own mobile phone and my first mobile phone's brand Motorola. -
Cassette tape
In 1962, Philips invented the Compact Cassette medium for audio storage, introducing it in Europe on 30 August 1963 at the Berlin Radio Show, and in the United States (under the Norelco brand) in November 1964, with the trademark name Compact Cassette. The team at Philips was led by Lou Ottens in Hasselt, Belgium. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_tape) I was 6 years old. -
Friendster (Social Media)
Friendster was founded by Canadian computer programmer Jonathan Abrams in 2002, before the wider adoption of MySpace (2003), Hi5 (2003), Facebook (2004) and other social networking sites. ( Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster) I was 7 years old. -
Internet Explorer (Search engine)
The first version, dubbed Microsoft Internet Explorer, made its debut on August 16, 1995. It was installed as part of the Internet Jumpstart Kit in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 and Plus!. The Internet Explorer team began with about six people in early development. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer) I was 8 years old. -
Video Camera
The earliest video cameras were those of John Logie Baird, based on the mechanical Nipkow disk and used in experimental broadcasts through the 1918s–1930s. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera) I was 8 years old. -
Tablet
The idea of the tablet computer isn't new. Back in 1968, a computer scientist named Alan Kay proposed that with advances in flat-panel display technology, user interfaces, miniaturization of computer components and some experimental work in WiFi technology, you could develop an all-in-one computing device. (Reference: https://computer.howstuffworks.com/tablets/tablet3.htm) I was 11 years old. -
Laptop
The first laptop was known as the Dynabook. It was invented in 1968 by Alan Kay. It was also called a tablet PC or slate computer because of its very flat shape. It was invented particularly for children to gain access to digital media. However, as years went by, it also became useful for more tasks such as operations documentation for the military. (Reference: https://www.laptop-lcd-screen.co.uk/shop/historyofthelaptopcomputer.asp) I was 11 years old. -
Smartphones
Discounting earlier technologies like the unreliable WWI wireless field telephone, the accepted birthday for the cellular telephone is April 3, 1973. (Reference: https://sciencenode.org/feature/How%20did%20smartphones%20evolve.php)
I was 11 years old. -
Quipper
In 2010, Japanese entrepreneur Masayuki Watanabe established Quipper in London. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipper_(company)) I was 13 years old and I'm a grade 7 student when i first encounter this type of media. It was given to us by our science teacher back then. -
Smartwatch
In 1998, Steve Mann invented, designed, and built the world's first Linux wristwatch, which he presented at IEEE ISSCC2000 on 7 February 2000, where he was named "the father of wearable computing". (References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartwatch) I was 14 years old and I'm a grade 8 student when i first encounter this type media. It was my classsmate's smartwatch. -
Artificial Intelligence a.k.a AI
In the 1940s and 50s, a handful of scientists from a variety of fields (mathematics, psychology, engineering, economics and political science) began to discuss the possibility of creating an artificial brain. The field of artificial intelligence research was founded as an academic discipline in 1956. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_intelligence) I was 17 years old when I first encounter this type of media.
