Technology- Spudnik to Present

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Period: Oct 1, 1957 to Dec 31, 2013

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik was the first artifical satellite launched by Russia in 1957 that sent Scientists in a craze scrambling to put the next thing in space wish let to a lot of advances in technology.

American sends there first orbiting satilite

Jan 31, 1958

Americans answer Russia’s sputnik with their own satellite

snowmobile

Dec 11, 1958

the first snowmobile was invented

The first laser produced

Jan 1, 1960

Pshysicist, Theodore Maiiman of caliilforna, made the first working laser.

The cassette tape invented

Jan 3, 1962

the first cassette player invented out of the Netherlands compony Phillps

The first Unmaned Aircraft invented

Mar 2, 1964

the AQM-34 was the first unmaned aircraft inveted used in the vietnam war

first computer network formed

Jun 9, 1965

the first comuter network is formed useing a phoneline. by ARPA.

the first handheld calculator

Dec 9, 1966

developed by Texas Instermints it had 18 keys and displayed up to 12 digits.

Digital Music Recording

Jul 21, 1970

the first music to be reorded and modified by a computer.

first personal computer

Nov 18, 1971

the first personal computer was the Kenbak

Bic lighter

Sep 10, 1973

the first disposable lighter made by Bic.

the First smoke/carbon Monoxide detectors

Dec 9, 1973

made for detect smoke or high levles of carbon monoxide in homes

First used bar Code

Aug 10, 1974

the first time the bar code was used in a suppermarket starting the use of UPC coads in retail.

first computer by Apple

Sep 28, 1976

first apple computer made called the apple 1

Cell Phones

Nov 18, 1979

the mobile phone was invented in 1979 wich led to big leaps in advancemint.

CD compact Disk

Feb 3, 1982

the first CD markted in 1982 statred a new way of playing music at home and in your car.

windows processoing system invented

Nov 20, 1985

the microsoft Windows started there series of operrating system and still going today.

Disposable camera

Sep 6, 1986

first disposable camra made b Fuji

the doppler radar

Dec 9, 1988

intel penium processor invented

Mar 22, 1993

intels first high powerd micro processor

DVD

Sep 3, 1995

bringing video to a compact disk insted of a VHS.

Google

Sep 4, 1998

google stats a internet search engine power house still one of the top ones today.

I pod introduced

Dec 9, 2001

apple comes out with a potable mps music player.

Youtube

Feb 14, 2005

youtube a global sight where one can watch and post videos.

I phone

Jan 9, 2007

the i phone was introduced and changed the mobile phone forever.

driverless car

Sep 11, 2011

driverless cars are being tested and have over a few thousand miles logged with out a accidient.