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Casio Calculator Watch
In 1980, Casio (a computer company based in Tokyo) came out with a computer watch. Although more modern options like the Apple watch exist in today's world, Casio still produces calculator watches and they now serve many additional functions such as: dual time, alarm, stopwatch, auto calendar, have a 5-year battery and even have a water resistance up to 50 meters! -
Pocket Computer TRS 80-PC1
In 1980, Sharp introduced the Pocket Computer TRS 80-PC1. These pocket-sized computers looked a lot like calculators, but had a QWERTY style keyboard and were actually used to program code. -
Apple Macintosh
The Apple Macintosh 128K was invented by Steve Jobs in 1984. These were the first computers to bring graphical user interfaces (GUI's) to consumers. These GUI's are responsible for the button/icon systems we now use everyday like Microsoft (or in this case Apple). -
Disposable Film Camera
In 1986, Fujifilm invented the disposable film camera. In an era where cameras were expensive and difficult to use, these cameras were extremely easy to use and low cost. Whether they were popular or not back then, as film is becoming popular again I see these cameras everywhere! -
Nintendo Gameboy
Nintendo came out with Gameboy in 1989. While its actual technology was similar to other consoles Nintendo had, the big difference here was the portability and the 30 hours of battery life!