technology

By michellerobles19

  • Floppy disk

    Floppy disk
    Invented by Alan Shugart. They were made as a way to upload software and updates to mainframe computers. They were the primary way to store files, distribute software, create backups, and transfer data between computers for over two decades.

  • First microprocessor

    First microprocessor
    This was invented by Marcian “Ted” Hoff. He is best known as the architect of the first microprocessor. it was the first single-chip CPU with all the essential elements of a processor

  • VCR

    The the VCR by Philips became available in 1972, and the very definition of “home entertainment” changed forever.

  • Ethernet

    Ethernet
    Bob Metcalfe, an American engineer and businessman, developed Ethernet in 1973 while working at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. His idea was to create a "broadcast communication network" .

  • Digital Camera

    Digital Camera
    Steven Sasson developed a portable, battery operated, self-contained digital camera at Kodak in 1975. It was battery operated and used a Fairchild CCD image sensor with 100 × 100 pixels, which is equivalent to 0.01 megapixels.