What is information technology

Technology Timeline

  • USB Flash Drive

    USB Flash Drive
    Inventor: Trek2000
    Portable flash memory drive that plugs into a computer. Prior to this, memory was on a hard disk drive.
  • Ipod

    Ipod
    Tony Fadell
    Apple
    Portable MP3 music player
    The Ipod was the most influential music player to be released because it changed how we consume music as a society. We went from CDs to MP3s.
  • XBOX

    XBOX
    Microsoft Corporation
    Gaming console that connects to a TV. At the time was the most state-of-the-art gaming console. In 2002, XBOX created online gaming through a console.
  • Bluetooth headphones

    Bluetooth headphones
    Inventors: Earl and Cedric Woolfork
    A wireless listening device that changed how we listen to music. We are still using this tech today.
  • Nintendo Wii

    Nintendo Wii
    Inventor: Shigeru Miyamoto
    Nintendo
    Motion sensing gaming consol for the tv.
    The Nintendo Wii changed how we play games today. From joysticks to interactive motion.