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First commercial radio broadcast
A Pittsburgh radio station called KDKA airs the first scheduled broadcast. -
First instant camera is invented
Samuel Shlafrock invents the first instant camera and a portable darkroom. -
First commercial in-car radio
The Galvin brothers manufacture the first commercially successful car radio. -
The first electric guitar is invented
Charlie Christian begins using an acoustic guitar with a pickup attached to the body and this is said to be the birth of the electric guitar -
First computer intended to solve linear equations
Iowa State University presents the first computer intended to solve linear equations. -
First long playing record is invented
Columbia Records releases the first long-playing record, and paves the way for the development of the album. -
First computer hard disk is used
IBM develops the first HDD called the Model 350 -
The microchip is invented
Jack Kirby from Texas invents the first microhip -
First computer mouse is invented
In 1964 Douglas Engelbart develops the mouse -
The first video game console is conceptualized
Ralph H. Baer creates the idea of the first video game console, later fully invented in 1972. -
Email is invented
Ray Tomlinson invented and developed electronic mail in 1971 -
Atari distributes pong
Atari released pong to the public in November of 1972 -
First personal computer is released
IBMs personal computer (IMB 5150) was launched in august 1981 -
First disposable camera is sold
Kodak and Fuji film both released their disposable cameras in 1987 -
Photoshop is released
Thomas and John Knoll sold their program to Adobe in 1987, who then released it with their system in 1990 -
First PlayStation is released
Was released in 1994 by Sony -
Bluetooth is released for manufacturing
Bluetooth technology first appeared in mobile phones and devices in 2000. -
The ipod portable music player is released
The new ipod, holding over 1000 songs, was unveiled on October 23, 2001. -
Instagram is invented
Instagram was launched in 2010 -
Facebook buys the Oculus VR Headset company
In 2014 Facebook bought a VR company for 2 million dollars thus starting a VR revolution