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Video Home System (VHS)
The Video Home System was developed by The Victor Company of Japan in 1970. Before this technology, video recording systems were used mainly in a commercial setting. This new technology allowed the everyday consumer to have a home entertainment experience. -
Floppy Disk
Invented by IBM in 1971, this was a new revolutionary invention that would help make everyday life easier. It allowed new software and programs to be installed without having to use an entirely new system. -
Email
The inventor of email is still not clear to be Shiva Ayyadurai or Ray Tomlinson in 1971. This modernized our way of communicating. This allowed people to connect in minutes compared as to days that it would take to receive mail correspondence. -
Ink Jet Printer
Invented by Ichiro Endo in 1971. This invention allowed digital images to be replicated on paper. Older printers were noisy and took up space. This allowed for convenience and more complex images! -
Cell Phone
The first hand held cell phone was invented by John F. Mitchell in 1979. It was operated on a 1G network. Motorola was the first company to release the cell phones. This was going to change the way we called people and the accessibility . Cell phones are almost embedded in our daily lives today.
