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Macintosh Classic iMac G3
Inventor: Steve Jobs(1955-2011)
Description: A colorful desktop computer that was designed for easy access to the internet. First computer to exclusively utilize USB ports. -
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Inventor: Masayuki Uemura (1943-2021)
Description: A 16-bit home video game console that featured numerous classic video games. It offered a different experience than regular arcade games and introduced a world of complex gaming. -
SMART Board
Inventor: David Martin and Nancy Knowlton
Description: An interactive whiteboard. Maintains regular whiteboard capabilities and projects images from a computer onto the board. Implementing a SMART board in classrooms has improved student learning by increasing engagement. -
PlayStation
Inventor: Ken Kutaragi
Description: A popular video game console. The second unit (PS2) was even more successful and holds the record for most units sold at 155 million in 2000. Playstation featured games on CD's/discs which encouraged the video game industry to move away from cartridges. -
MP3 player
Inventor: Karlheinz Brandenburg
Description: A portable media player. Allowed people to carry around hundreds of songs which changed the way we listened to music.