Technology

Technology over time

By wysit
  • Telephone

    Telephone
  • Microphone

    Microphone
    Microphones are used all the time now - in lectures, in workshops, in assemblies, in protests. But back then microphones were just invented and the quality was horrible. But now, it's a whole different story...
  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
    Times have changes greatly. In the past, phonographs were used to play sounds and music recoded on vinyl records. Now we all use CD and our phone's playlists.
  • Camera

    Camera
    George Eastman invented the first camera called Kodak. It was able to take black and white pictures only.
  • Earphones

    Earphones
    Earphones are plugged into thousands of phones as you read this. But in 1910, the first set of successful earphones were finally successfully made. They gave the best quality with the lightest weight on the ears.
  • Hearing Aids

    Hearing Aids
    This was one of the first types of developed transistor hearing aids. It was a great improvement for people who had ear problems.
  • Floppy Disk

    Floppy Disk
    They were like modern day USBs. They were used to store information that could be moved from computer to computer without using email as most computers didn’t have a connection to the internet.
  • Gaming Consule

    Gaming Consule
    Nowadays, you can play games on pretty much every electronic. But back then in 1972, these were very new.
  • Cell Phone

    Cell Phone
    This picture shows how cell phones have developed from being 2kg from 1973 to being 120g in 2015. So light, huh?
  • MP3 Player

    MP3 Player
    CD's are old, and phonographs are ancient but back then in 1987, MP3 had just thought of and researched. But these could play without any sort of disc or vinyl record. It was a huge improvement. Who would know about iTunes now if everyone was still using CDs and vinyl records to listen to songs?