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Technology of the 20th and 21st century
Technology of the 20th and 21st century -
Vacuum Cleaner invented
Vacuum Cleaner invented by Hubert Booth -
Color photography invented
Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere -
Electric typewriter Invented
James Smathers develops the first electric typewriter -
Sound film invented
Sound film invented by Lee DeForest -
Jet engine invented
Jet engine invented by Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain -
Microwave oven invented
Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer -
Laser invented
Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman -
Computer mouse invented
Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart -
The moon landing - Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon
- Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon
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E-mail invented
E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson -
Pocket calculator invented
Pocket calculator invented by Sharp Corporation -
Personal computer invented
Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC -
Camcorder invented by Sony
Camcorder invented by Sony -
World Wide Web invented
World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee -
Digital satellite radio
Digital satellite radio -
Artificial Heart
Artificial Heart. It is made of plastic and titanium and is able enough to self contain. -
YouTube
•YouTube - the online video sharing and viewing community - was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. YouTube was named Time Magazines Invention of the year in 2006 -
Apple iPhone
First ever apple iphone was released in 2007 -
Ipad introduced by Apple
A new handheld tablet computing device from Apple Inc. that first launched in January 2010. The iPad is designed for consumers who want a mobile device that is bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop for entertainment multimedia. The iPad device is roughly the size of a sheet of paper and weighs 1.5 pounds. The screen is a 9.7-inch LED backlit glossy multi-touch screen, capable of displaying up to 1024x768 pixel resolution (2048x1536 resolution in the Retina Display of the iPad 3 and -
Enable Talk Gloves Invented
Four Ukrainian students have created gloves that allow speech- and hearing-impaired people to communicate with those who don’t use or understand sign language. The gloves are equipped with sensors that recognize sign language and translate it into text on a smart phone, which then converts the text to spoken words.
