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Walkman
People used it to listen to music while on the move and teenagers everywhere rejoiced at its ability to drown out the sound of their parent's voices. While comparing the clunky and heavy TPS-L2 with the iPod you may well walk away chuckling to yourself, but to the children of the 80s it was the epitome of cool. -
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Technology from 1980's to today
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Camcorder
It was a modern miracle. Gone were the hours of editing, the sweaty lugging around of tons of equipment, the sodden battery life and silent home movies, and in came instant home movies. That you could watch on your VCR. At home. With sound! -
Playstation
Sony introduces its PlayStation video game console -
Java
The Java computer language is invented -
Launch of Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a search engine that is still used by many today, although its sources are not always deemed credible. The idea was invented by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, however the concept for the free online encyclopedia was thought up by Richard Stallman. Wikipedia changed the way people gather information, with the rise of the internet at its primal stage Wikipedia was the first large scale online source for knowledge. -
The first IPod
The first iPod changed the way we experience music forever. Many argue this constituted the death of the CD and stamped digital music downloading as the new way to experience music. While there had been MP3 players on the market since the 1990's, creator Steve Jobs saw the need for improvement. This was also profitable for MAC, music for ipods could only be downloaded through iTunes. -
Camera phones
It's hard to phantom a phone that does not also include a camera, but there was a time when they didn't exist. The first camera phones in the United States were of much lesser quality than those on the market now. The mega pixel capability was 0.3 which could take shots at 640 x 840 megapixels. Some phones even included features such as black and white, sepia tone, and flash. -
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a non-profit website which allows users to create pages to fund different projects, or really anything. Their mission is to "bring creative projects to life". The impact this company has had on our society is tremendous and it only continues to grow. Artists can support each other without necessarily knowing each other. It gives those who feel like they don’t have anything a chance to grow and achieve their dreams. -
Hulu
Hulu was one of the first online streaming services for movies and television shows. This changed the way we watched things, you no longer needed a television to enjoy the shows which played on it. This drastically changed the way we communicated with one another as well as how social gatherings were enjoyed. You no longer needed to meet up at a specific time to watch certain television shows. Now, they could be enjoyed at the consumer’s convenience. -
Wii
Nintendo released the Wii to America in November of 2005. While the Wii may seem like another gaming system, it's interactive in a much different way. The Wii "has re-invented video gaming, making it more social, more intuitive and surprisingly physically engaging". Using motion as well as a controller to guide the game. On top of this, users are given free range to move. -
Hoverboards
The future is looking more and more like a Jetson’s cartoon and as time flies so does our means of transportation. In 2015 just as Back To The Future was celebrating its 30th anniversary the inventors of the Hendo hover board were creating a Kickstarter page to fund the idea. The new technology uses a copper substrate and magnetic field to lift and can only survive on about 10 minutes of battery powers. However, this marks the beginning of "the future" and all the technology that comes with it. -
Touchable 3D hologram
Much like the images you would see in a Star Wards movie, holograms have been around for a few years. However, scientists have now created ones that can be felt. The holograms are made of iodized air that pulse at one quadrillionth of a second. While there have been inventions like this in the past, this method is the only one to cause no damage.
