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Invention in 1981 - 1985
Laptop 1981
The laptop was invented by Adam Osborne in 1981. It was called ''Osborne 1'' and cost $1,795. It came bundled with $1,500 worth of programmes. It had a tiny computer screen built into it. -
Adam Osborne
Adam Osborne was a Thailand-born British-American author, he was a book and software publisher, and he also was computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. He is best known for introducing the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer. -
Invention in 1981 - 1985
Artificial human heart 1982
Dr. Robert Jarvik invented the world’s first artificial heart, the Jarvik 7. On Dec. 2, 1982, at the University of Utah, Dr. William DeVries successfully implanted the Jarvik 7 into Barney Clark, a Seattle dentist who volunteered to undergo the surgery. After the surgery, other surgeries with the Jarvik 7 were performed and it became widely used as a temporary artificial heart, while people waited for donated real hearts. -
Dr. Robert Jarvik
Robert Koffler Jarvik, M.D. is an American scientist, researcher, and entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. -
Invention in 1981 - 1985
Camcorder 1983
In 1982, Sony released its Betamax camera for the use of news organizations. Only a year later, the company refined the Betamax and released it for the consumer market, where it quickly picked up in popularity. However, the competition between Betamax and VHS continued to boil and by 1985, Panasonic released a VHS camcorder and people began favoring this format over the Betamax. -
SONY
Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo. Its diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services. -
Invention in 1981 - 1985
DNA fingerprinting 1984
Dr. Alec Jeffreys was studying hereditary family diseases as a geneticist at the University of Leicester in England in 1984 when he discovered the repetitive patterns of DNA in humans. He discovered that the variations between a person’s DNA could be used to identify an individual, unless he or she had an identical twin. He called his new finding “genetic fingerprinting” and successfully tested his discoveries when two murders occurred near the university. -
Dr. Alec Jeffreys
Sir Alec John Jeffreys, CH FRS MAE is a British geneticist, who developed techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes -
Invention in 1981 - 1985
Microsoft Windows 1985
Since its initial launch in 1985, Microsoft has released 10 major versions of the operating system. While Windows today looks a lot different than it did decades ago, it was the 1980s when it really got its start. Windows 1, spearheaded by Bill Gates, was an iconic moment in the tech industry because the new system relied heavily on the use of a mouse to input information, while other systems typically used keyboards. -
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.
