Technology in My Lifetime

By smurphy83

  • CDs/CD Players in Stores

    CDs/CD Players in Stores
    Music started being stored on CDs (Compact Discs) and read by CD players. In 1983, these devices first appeared on store shelves.
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  • Cell Phones

    Cell Phones
    Motorola's "the brick" hit store shelves, weighing in at 2 lbs. and priced at $3,995. Photo courtesy of www.technabob.com

  • Nintendo

    Nintendo
    The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was introduced. Photo courtesy of www.emulationnation.com

  • LCD Screens

    LCD Screens
    LCD screens and smaller components started being used, and laptop computers gained popularity. Photo Courtesy of www.shutterstock.com

  • The World-Wide Web

    The World-Wide Web
    Interest in the World-Wide Web took off in 1994. Photo courtesy of www.depositphotos.com

  • Energy Efficient Refrigerators

    Energy Efficient Refrigerators
    Refrigerators were made without using ozone-harming CFCs and became energy efficient. Photo courtesy of www.depositphotos.com

  • Google Registered

    Google Registered
    Google.com, originally was google.stanford.edu, was registered as a domain name. Photo courtesy of wp.enciclomedios.com.

  • Growing Popularity of Internet

    Growing Popularity of Internet
    Approximately, 30 million people in the US are browsing the Web.