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Technology Advancements
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Sony Walkman
The first truly portable player for recorded music.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/1/5861062/sony-walkman-at-35 -
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle makes its maiden voyage.
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1854.html -
PC
Stung by Apple's success, IBM releases its own affordable personal computer (PC).
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-pc -
CD's
Compact discs (CDs) are launched as a new way to store music by the Sony and Philips corporations.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/CD-ROM -
World Wide Web.
Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.
http://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/ -
e-bay
Pierre Omidyar launches the eBay auction website.
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HD TV
WRAL-HD broadcasts the first high-definition television (HDTV) signal in the United States.
http://ecee.colorado.edu/~ecen4242/marko/TV_History/related%20standards/HDTV_Past.htm -
Wi-Fi
Electronics companies agree to make Wi-Fi a worldwide standard for wireless Internet.
https://getvoip.com/history-of-wifi/ -
Mp3
Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player.
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/03/23/134622940/the-mp3-a-history-of-innovation-and-betrayal -
Touch Screen
Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone called the iPhone.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/9/6125849/iphone-history-pictures -
3D-Tv
3D TV starts to become more widely available.
http://www.all-about-3dtv.com/history-of-3d-tv.html#axzz4XMuteZv9 -
Super Computers
Supercomputers (the world's fastest computers) are now a mere 30 times less powerful than human brains
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/125271-the-history-of-supercomputers
