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Instant Camera
Even though it wasn't released onto the markets until 1948 it was actually created by Samuel Shlafrock 25 years before. -
Electronic Television
The first electronic tv was created by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. -
Electric guitar
The first electric guitar was created by G.D. Beauchamp and was called the Rickenbacker Frying Pan. -
Photocopier
The first photocopier was created by Chester Carlson -
Jukebox
The very first jukebox was actually created in the 1890's but the one that stuck around to this day was created in the 1940's -
Vinyl
The introduction was introduced backed by Columbia records. -
Colour Tv
The very first national "colourcast" was the Tournament of Roses Parade. -
VCR
Even though it became popular in the 90's it was actually created in the 50's but wasn't available to the average person -
LEDS and Electroluminescent Panels
The first LED was created by Nick Holonyak who worked for General Electric which is said to have had patents on LED's since 1938 -
Computer mouse
It was created by Douglas Engelbart and has become an essential for pc's -
Cell Phone
It was invented by Martin Cooper in 1973 but manufacturing companies couldn't make one until 1983 -
Digital Camera
It was created by Terry Walker, Harry Garland and Roger Melen. They were part of a company that was only founded a year prior. -
Walkman
It was first created because one of the co-founders of Sony, Masaru Ibuka wanted to be able to listen to music on long flights. -
CD player
Sony released the first one and later Philips released one. -
Camcorder
JVC and Sony were the first ones to announce them. -
Adobe Photoshop
It was created by two brothers, Thomas and John Knoll who were fascinated by technology and art. -
Sony Playstation
Sony first released it in Japan December of 1994 and it was very popular so in September 1995 they released it in the States -
Blu-ray Disk
It was released a decade after DVD's were. -
Facebook
It was created by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard dorm room. It started out as something just for Harvard students but eventually was being used worldwide. -
Youtube
Was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim who originally met working at paypal. -
Ipad
It became very popular very quickly. -
Motion control
This was the first remote that combined controller tracking and body tracking.