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The First Video Camera
The invention of the video camera has contributions from numerous inventors over several years, but can be traced back to Louis Le Prince, who recorded "Roundhay Garden Scene", the oldest video in existence. -
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Media Timeline
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Very First Radio Broadcast
While at a Somerset seaside resort, Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first radio message ever sent across open water. Marconi sent a message of "CAN YOU HEAR ME," which was received loud and clear. -
TIME magazine Launch
The first issue of TIME Magazine was released, being the very first news magazine. Created by two journalists who wanted to provide an organized and systematic way to inform busy readers. -
Talkies - At The Movies
The Jazz Singer, the first full-length motion picture to use synchronized sound for dialogue, was released by Warner Bros. Even though these scenes were few and short, viewers were astonished to hear the actors' voices for the very first neat. -
Electric Guitar
Invented by George Beauchamp, with the help of Adolph Rickenbacker, the Electirc guitar would become vital to the development of popular music throughout the world in the 20th century. -
The Transistor Radio
Using war-time research, the transistor Radio was invented by John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. Listening suddenly became portable, and whether it was music or news you could hear it from anywhere. This also sparked the new genre of music - Rock 'N Roll. -
Black Box Flight Recorder
Invented for the purpose of investigating aviation accidents like plane crashes, the Black Box Flight recorder was invented by Australian scientist Dr David Warren. While investigating a plane crash, he got the idea that if there was a way to record the last moments in the cockpit, he could determine what went wrong. -
The Very First Video Game
Tennis for two was the very first video game created by William Higinbotham. This game was simple, and was played on an oscilloscope (a type of electronic test instrument), which has striking similarities to the 1971 game "Pong". -
ELIZA: The First Computer Therapist
ELIZA was the world's first version of what we know as AI today. The artificial therapist used pattern matching and substitution methodology to simulate real conversations with the users -
Invention of Email
While working at ARPNET, the government-funded research project that eventually became the internet, Ray Tomlinson came up with the idea of email. He wanted to find a way to send messages through connected ARPNET computers, which would soon be developed into one of the most used forms of communication today. -
Blockbuster Movies
After the release of Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" on June 20, 1975, a new cultural phenomenon would start to rise. These new movies would be called "blockbusters", which had high-pace and exciting ideas that sparked "buzz" beyond the theater. -
The CD
Before the invention of online music, the CD was the most popular way of storing music. It was created by James Russell as a new format for the cassette and analogue video equipment. -
Invention of Adobe Photoshop
Developed in 1987 and released in 1990, brothers Thomas and John Knoll created the very first version of Photoshop. As digital image editing became popular in the late 1980s, there was an increasing demand for easily accessible software that would allow users to edit and improve their digital photos. -
Amazon - Get Big Fast
In 1995, the very first version of Amazon opened. An online book store that would ship to all 50 US States, and 45 countries around the world. From there, the company would grow to become the world's biggest center for e-commerce, selling almost anything under the sun. Today what was once a small book store, is worth almost $1.4 trillion. -
The Introduction of The Ipod
The game-changer when it came to music, the original Ipod was a ground-breaking way to have as much as 1 000 song in your back pocket....literally! The device was developed in less than a year, and sold for a price around $400 dollars. -
Invention of the Xbox
When the Xbox, Microsoft's first foray into the console electronic gaming market, was released in 2001, it faced off against Nintendo's GameCube and Sony's PlayStation 2. -
The First Podcast
While technically the first podcast was "Radio Open Source" in 2003, It wasn't until 2004 when Adam Curry and Dave Winer invented the word "podcasting". The two wanted to find a way to download online radio broadcasts to an iPod, which had only been invented a few years prior. -
Facetime
FaceTime was first made public by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in June 2010 at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The iPhone 4, the first phone in the company's lineup to have a front-facing camera, debuted with the historic feature. -
Introduction of Social Media - Instagram
Kevin Systrom introduced Instagram, a social networking platform for sharing photos and videos, in 2010. Inspired by Systrom's passion for great whiskeys and bourbons, the very first version of Instagram was a web application named Burbn. -
AR guided Surgery
By 2020, the use of virtual reality had developed into surgical use. AR (augmented reality) is used to superimpose information into the surgeons field of view during surgery. This enhances surgical precision by registering microscope/camera images with pre-operative patient data, potentially reducing surgical time and improving vessel location. -
AI Robot Tutoring
ABII was the first AI tutor specializing in K-5 math, reading and SEL lessons. It was created in 2016, and featured on Sharktank in 2020, and gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic to help kids while schools were closed. -
Drone Delivery
Drone technology has offered new windows when it comes to rural delivery. They don't require infrastructure, making them suitable for delivering packages to places that trucks and planes can't go.