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Technology Use Progression-The 70s

By ken2213346

  • The Floppy Disk

    The Floppy Disk
    The floppy disc was the primary data storage mode from its invention through most of the 90s. The task of creating this storage device was given to David L. Noble and his team of engineers while working at IBM in the late 60s. Multiple team members tested and contributed to the project. By 1972, the floppy disk was being sold worldwide and was the standardized data storage device for over 20 years after its invention.

  • VCR

    VCR
    The VCR by Philips became available in 1972, and the very definition of “home entertainment” changed forever. For small-screen fans, this also meant no more missing TV shows if you had to leave the house for an event.

  • Cell Phone

    Cell Phone
    Martin Cooper made the first successful cell phone call with a prototype ten years prior, in 1973. Many telecommunication companies have attempted and failed to make a phone call through a cordless mobile device. Cooper achieved what they could not by making a phone call on a prototype cellphone. Not only did he successfully make the first cellphone call, but he also made a jest at his competition by calling Dr. Joel S. Engel of AT&T while standing on a sidewalk in Manhattan.

  • Digital Camera

    Digital Camera
    Photo giants Kodak and Fujifilm led the film photography industry when hobbyists Terry Walker, Harry Garland, and Roger Melen invented the first commercial digital camera: The Cromemco Cyclops. This innovation by Cromemco, a company founded less than a year before the invention, featured an image sensor, which was simply a modified MOS memory chip, and developed digital images at a maximum of 32 pixels by 32 pixels.

  • The Apple Computer

    The Apple Computer
    Wozniak, a former Hewlett-Packard employee, designed and built the prototype for the Apple 1 Computer to show his associates at the Homebrew Computer Club. He didn’t build the first Apple computer to become a household name in tech; he wanted to prove it was possible to build an affordable computer for both the builder and the buyer. Steve Jobs, Wozniak’s good friend, convinced him to market and sell the Apple-1, and it became the first product created under Apple Inc.