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Technology from 1990-2000
Important technology events and their impact on society. -
First Text Message Sent
Neil Papworth sent the first text message which reads "Merry Christmas." Now we text even more than we call! -
From VHS to DVD
I grew up watching both VHS and DVD's but DVD's were originally released in 1997 mostly by big brand names like Sony, Panasonic, Philips, and Toshiba. Now we hardly see DVD's anymore, but they did lead us to the digital formats we have today. At one point the blockbuster signs read "please be kind and rewind," now Blockbusters are non-existent! -
Creation of Google!
"Just google it!" is often a first response now to a question we don't know. It was created by two grad students at Sandford: Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Thanks to them we can now know almost anything and it's all right at our fingertips! -
Creation of WIFI
We use WIFI for everything now, but believe it or not, people survived without it until 1998. Even then, most people didn't even use it in their own homes until 2002. A lot of minds went into the creation of WIFI namely: John O'Sullivan, Terence Percival, Diethelm Ostry, John Deane and Graham Daniels. -
First Cell Phone with Camera
The first cell phone that included a camera was actually released in Japan! The phone itself was called the Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210 and the camera was found on the front of the phone, not the back like we see it today.