Technology of the 21th century

MP3 players

2001

Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player.

Roomba Robots

2002

iRobot Corporation releases the first version of its Roomba® vacuum cleaning robot.

Touchscreens

2004

Electronic voting plays a major part in a controversial US Presidential Election.

Computers

2005

A pioneering low-cost laptop for developing countries called OLPC is announced by MIT computing pioneer Nicholas Negroponte.

Electronic books

2007

Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book (e-book) reader.

3D Television

2010

3D TV starts to become more widely available.