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The First Camera
The first, partially working, camera has been patented to Nicéphore Niépce. Link:
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The Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was granted a USA patent for inventing the telephone. Link:
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/ahoy-alexander-graham-bell-and-first-telephone-call -
First Car
Carl Benz applied for a patent; "A vehicle powered by a gas engine." The patent in question, number 37435, is regarded as the birth of automobiles. Link:
https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/tradition/company-history/1885-1886.html?r=dai#:~:text=On%20January%2029%2C%201886%2C%20Carl,1. -
Kinetophone
The very first movie sound. I'm sure that amazed people. It had William Dickson playing violin into acoustic phonograph recording horn. Link:
https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3971#:~:text=Jersey%2C%20United%20States-,The%20First%20Known%20Motion%20Picture%20with%20Live,Sound%3A%20Invention%20of%20the%20Kinetophone&text=Dickson%20Experimental%20Sound%20Film%20(1894,horn%20as%20two%20men%20dance. -
Radio Invented
Italian Inventor Guglielmo Marconi came up with radio idea and concept. Link:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1909/marconi/biographical/ -
Kinemacolor
Edward Raymond Turner patented the first colored motion picture. Although, the first fully functioning system was accredited to, George Albert Smith. Link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/watch-the-worlds-first-color-films-shot-in-1902/467022/ -
Television
The very first broadcast was a straight-line by Philo Farnsworth. The press made this public, January 13,1928. Link:
https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-television#:~:text=In%201927%2C%20at%20the%20age,took%20priority%20over%20Farnsworth's%20inventions. -
Modern Computer
The Z1, originally created by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room. It is known as the worlds first programmable computer. Link:
https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/courses/compsci111s2c/lectures/andre/computerhope_com_issues_ch000984.pdf -
Digital Clocks
D.E Protzmann and others, patented the first digital clock on 10/23/1956. They also patented another one that was said to have less moving parts in the 1970s. Link:
https://blog.onlineclock.net/history-of-digital-clocks-watches/ -
The touchscreen
E.A. Johnson created what we use in our everyday lives now, the touchscreen. Though he called it the “Touch display – a novel input/output device for computers” Link:
https://www.zytronic.co.uk/insights/article/history-of-touchscreen-technology/#:~:text=In%201965%20E.A.%20Johnson%20invented,devices%20today%20use%3B%20capacitive%20touch. -
Mobile Phones
Mobile phones are still relatively new because of the fact that they are mobile. The first ever cellular call was made by, Dr. Martin Cooper. -
Internet
Prior to this date, computers didn't have a way to communicate with each other. For more information:
https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml#:~:text=January%201%2C%201983%20is%20considered,Protocol%20(TCP%2FIP). -
Wifi
WiFi was invented in 1991 when the NCR Corporation partnered with AT&T invented precursor to 802.11. This was first invented to be used in cashier systems. For more information:
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Mobile App
It was a pre-installed form of Tetris, it came on a phone called Hagenuk MT-2000. Link:
https://pubnative.net/blog/from-tetris-to-candy-crush-the-history-of-mobile-gaming/ -
Apps
The Nokia 6110 added a built-in version of the game 'Snake'. Link:
https://inventionland.com/inventing/the-history-of-mobile-apps/#:~:text=In%201997%2C%20the%20Nokia%206110,consider%20the%20first%20mobile%20app.
