technology timeline

sunglasses

Jan 1, 1280

Eyeglasses were invented

suspension bridge

May 24, 1350

Suspension bridges built in Peru

printing press

Mar 15, 1450

Alphabetic, movable type printing press invented by Johann Gutenberg

Pocket watch

May 23, 1510

Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein

microscope

Jan 21, 1609

Microscope invented by Galileo Galilei

Pressure Cooker

Apr 10, 1679

Pressure cooker invented by Denis Papin

Steam Engine

Sep 4, 1698

Steam engine invented by Thomas Savery

Steam Piston Engine

Mar 8, 1705

Steam piston engine invented by Thomas Newcomen

Flying Shuttle

Aug 30, 1733

John Kay invents flying shuttle.

Photography

Apr 23, 1826

Photography invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce

Refrigerator

Jun 23, 1834

Refrigerator invented by Jacob Perkins

Typewriter

Sep 21, 1843

Typewriter invented by Charles Thurber

Sound Film

Sep 5, 1923

Sound film invented by Lee DeForest

Atomic Bomb

Aug 20, 1945

The atomic bomb

Ethernet

May 22, 1973

Ethernet invented by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs

Apple launches the iPod

Nov 10, 2001

iPod was a new line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple. The first generation was launched on 10th November 2001. With its user-friendly interface and gigabytes of storage capacity, the iPod went on to become phenomenally successful. The introduction of the iTunes store, with millions of songs available to download, substantially boosted Apple's fortunes.

Myspace is founded

May 20, 2003

Google announces Gmail

Feb 17, 2004

Windows XP professional x64 edition Release

Apr 24, 2005

Blu-ray is introduced

Jan 20, 2006