Technology Progression For Generation Y

By Ahilles

  • Giga Pet (1998)

    Giga Pet (1998)
    Giga Pets are digital pet toys released by Tiger Electronics (owned by Rehco, LLC) in the U.S. in 1997. Steve Rehkemper is the President of Rehco, LLC and Top Secret Toys, LLC. Experienced President with an extensive history in toy and game inventing, engineering, design, prototyping and manufacturing. This technology helped rival companies advnace their products, which lead to better technology we use today.

  • Nintendo 64 (1999)

    Nintendo 64 (1999)
    The Nintendo 64 (N64) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo. Hiroshi Yamauchi was the president of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002, and might be the person most responsible for bringing gaming into mainstream culture. He shepherded the company when it was a small business selling playing cards, and, through ingenious marketing, turned hobbyist idols like Zelda, Mario, and a swath of others, into cultural touchstones.

  • My First Cell Phone - Virgin Mobile (2003)

    My First Cell Phone - Virgin Mobile (2003)
    Founded in 2001 as a joint venture between Virgin Group and Sprint Corporation, Virgin Mobile USA commenced operations in June 2002. Richard Branson is Founder of the Virgin Group. Virgin is one of the world's most irresistible brands and has expanded into many diverse sectors from travel to telecommunications, health to banking and music to leisure.

  • First Laptop - HP Envy 14 (2011)

    First Laptop - HP Envy 14 (2011)
    HP stands for Hewlett-Packard, named after founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard who were instrumental in the development of the company, as well as the well-known tech start-up area in Palo Alto, California, called Silicone Valley. HP was started back in 1939. Laptops have helped students and professionals take the technology they need with them whereever they are. Most doctors use laptops today.

  • First iPhone (2013)

    First iPhone (2013)
    The first iphone came out in 2007 and was developed by Apple, Inc. Steve Jobs is most thought of as the man responsible for the iphone’s creation, but there were many other people on his team who contributed to the iphone’s development. Some say Steve was fueled by his hatred for Microsoft that drove him and his team to create the prototype for the multitouch display, which eventually was used in future iphone designs. iphones have brought so many things in one place that we use daily.