Colombia

Technology & Karen

By Karenpena

  • Wall Phone

    Wall Phone
    I used it around 1992. Long Cable

  • Typewriter

    Typewriter
    Many people contributed (1714-2000) in 1920 1st Commercial machine. I used it in Middle High School in 1997

  • Beeper

    Beeper
    It was created for the Police Department of Detroit in 1921 then Coca-Cola in Spain created Motorola to be commercial in 1990. My father got one in 1994

  • TV black and white

    TV black and white
    In Monochromatic format, sometimes with huge speakers. My family had one of those TVs in 1994

  • TV Anthena

    TV Anthena
    Channels were broadcast on the VHF (Very high frequency) spectrum. Largepoint looking rooftop model. 1995

  • FloppyDisk

    FloppyDisk
    FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) 1970-1990's In 1971 in California was commercialized a 20cm disk. It was very popular for nearly 40 years. I used them in middle school and highschool 1997-2002

  • Walkman

    Walkman
    Invented by Sony Masaru Ubuka to be able to listen music on long flights, First model was Sony Walkman TPS-L2 in 1979 was made out aluminium, later made out of plastic. I used it in 1993

  • Cellphone

    Cellphone
    The first mobile device I had was a Nokia 1110, It arrived in Colombia in 1994 and my father bought us one in 1997. Super heavy

  • Computer

    Computer
    Part of windows 9x family of operating systems. The school district bought around 50 units and it was a boom. We had computer class. I used it in Middle H.S around 1997

  • Tamagotchi

    Tamagotchi
    Created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi. I bought it for $120.000 Colombian pesos, today $30USD in 2020