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Difference Engine
Charles Babbage designed a Difference Engine for calculations, but it was never built. -
Analytical Machine
Charles Babbage designs the Analytical Machine. This follows instructions from punched-cards.
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Invention of the Telephone by Alexander Graham Bell
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Hair Iron with two metal plates invented by Lady Jennifer Bell Schofield
Many ways to iron hair came before, but this was the first involving two metal plates similar to what we still use today. -
Handheld Hair Dryers were created in the 1920s
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First Calculator, the ZI, was built in Germany by Konrad Zuse
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First color TV broadcast
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Alan M. Turing Publishes an article on Intelligent Machinery which launches artificial intelligence.
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Period: to
Development of the Internet
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First Compact CD Player created by James T. Russell
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First Mobile Phone invented by Martin Cooper.
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Apple Computer is founded and introduces the Apple II personal computer
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Apple introduces the Macintosh computer
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Gameboy first released in Japan
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First Personal Audio System - Audio Highway's Listen Up Player
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Yahoo! Messenger - Originally Launched Yahoo! Pager
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Saehan Information Systems - "MPMan" developed
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MSN Messenger was launched on this year
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First Ipod
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Hit Clips were invented, first sold in McDonald's Happy Meals
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MySpace was created
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Facebook was launched
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Google was publicly offered
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Youtube was launched
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Tumblr was created