Technology Timeline

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  • WildCharger Charging Pad

    WildCharger Charging Pad
    The WildCharger Charging Pad is a pad you can use to charge your phone or almost any wireless device.
  • Google released Google Docs

    Google released Google Docs
    Google docs was released in February of 2007. Google Docs is a free program. It is used to create and edit documents online while collaberating with other people.
  • The First IPhone

    The First IPhone
    The first IPhone was made by Steve Jobs. It was invented in 2007. The IPhone 1st Generation was then discontinued in 2008. There were 6.1 million 1st generation IPhone's were sold.
    Iphone
  • Amazon Kindle

    Amazon Kindle
    This was the day when the first ever Amazon Kindle was released. After it was released in stores they sold out in only five and a half hours. They were out of stock until five months later when a new Kindle was created.
  • Touch Sight Camera

    Touch Sight Camera
    The camera was invented by Chueh Lee from Samsung China. This camera was made for the blind to take pictures. When the picture was taken it took a short video for the blind to hear what was happening.
  • Baseball Instant Replay

    Baseball Instant Replay
    This is the year the baseball instant replay was made. It was made to replay parts of a baseball game. It used ballpark monitors around the field to show every possible angle. It may add minutes to a game that already suffers slowness.
    Baseball Instant Replay
  • Martin Jetpack

    Martin Jetpack
    The Martin Jetpack was under development for over 30 years. Glenn Martin, the creator of the jetpack, started to work on it in his garage in the 1980's. It was completed and released in 2008. A new model is due to be released in 2016. Martin Jetpack
  • Electric Eye

    Electric Eye
    The Electic Eye is used to help blind people regain partial eyesight. It doesn't completely restore vision to the way it was before. The patient has to wear eyeglasses with a tiny camera.
  • AIDS Vaccine

    AIDS Vaccine
    AIDS has claimed almost 30 million lives and now they have a cure for it. In the early years of AIDS people infected faced certain death. Even though they created the vaccine you still have a risk of dying from AIDS.
  • The World's Fastest (steam powered) Car

    The World's Fastest (steam powered) Car
    The car was invented by Charles Burnett III. He was able to get it clocked up to 151 mph. The car is 25 ft long, has 12 spoilers, and has more that 2 miles long of tubing.
  • Amtrak's Beef-powered Train

    Amtrak's Beef-powered Train
    The train was made to take slow steps to be greener. The train used beef to run. It also used biodiesel fuel made by cattle fat. Beef-powered Train
  • Apple IPad

    Apple IPad
    This is the day when first the Apple IPad was introduced. On May 28th the product when almost completely world wide. In May of 2011 they dicontinued the IPad when they came out with the second generation.
  • Sony Alpha A55 Camera

    Sony Alpha A55 Camera
    The Sony Alpha A55 Camera has an interchangable lens. This is the first digital single-lens translusent camera. The translusent mirror is placed so you don't have to flip it up to take a still image.
  • Playstation Move

    Playstation Move
    The Playstation Move allows people to use the wand to interact with the game console through motion. There were over 15 million products sold as of November of 2012. The Playstation Move controller is similar to the Wii's nunchuck but with the 4 buttons you would find on the regular controller.
  • Super Memory Drug

    Super Memory Drug
    This was tested on mice and it was a success when they found out how they remembered things. It took regular mice seven days to remember where the platform in the test was. But it only took mice with the drug one try after they learned the route.