Technology advancements in the 1960s

  • IBM Type writer

    IBM Type writer
    That was invented in the 1960s by some guy named Eliot Noyes who was a industrial designer. It was made to make writing faster and much neater, with its much more simple design. The design of the keyboard is a very accurate to the ones we have today. SO LIKE WAY MORE MODERN. The typewriter allowed to change fonts in the same document. Wich made type writing better for the people in the 1960s.
  • Global Navigation Satellite System

    Global Navigation Satellite System
    The GNSS was invented in 1960. It gave us the capability to provide geo-spatial positioning with global coverage. The GNSS worked by using long radio transmitters. The first such system was Transit, developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory under the leadership of Richard Kershner. This system was originally developed for the US Navy, however as time progressed it was later adopted into everyday life for the public to use.
  • Mouse

    Mouse
    Mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1964 (patent 1967) The mouse was just a tiny piece of a much larger project, started in 1962, aimed at augmenting human intellect. Thus really changed how we interacted with computers. The design was made to be has easy to use and a very useful way we used computers.
  • Compact Disk

    Compact Disk
    Compact Disk invented by James Russell in Jan 1, 1965. A compact disk (CD) is mainly used in storing music, pictures, and music. A compact disk (cd) is a popular form of digital storage media used for computer files, pictures, and music. The plastic platter is read and written to by a laser in a CD drive. It comes in several varieties including CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW.
  • Gaming Console

    Gaming Console
    first gaming Console invented by Ralph Baer which was completed during 1968 and hit the market in 1972 as magnavox odyssey.Most of the games developed during this generation were hard-wired into the consoles and unlike later generations, most were not contained on removable media that the user could switch between.