The Evolution of Media Arts

  • Electric Blender

    Electric Blender
    Stephen J. Poplawski is credited for the electric blender that was first used for making milk shakes and malts in 1922
  • The Electric Automatic Traffic Signal

    The Electric Automatic Traffic Signal
    Garret Morgan is credited with inventing the first electric automatic traffic signal in 1923.
  • Television

    Television
    Inventors Philo Taylor Farnsworth, John Logie Baird, and Charles Francis Jenkins are credited with the idea and creation of televisions.
  • Parking Meter

    Parking Meter
    In 1935, Carl C. Magee invented the first paid parking meter and originally called it the "Park-O-Meter.
  • Electric guitar

    Electric guitar
    The first electric guitar was made in 1931 by a man named Paul H. Tutmarc.
  • The Microwave Oven

    The Microwave Oven
    Percy Spencer invented the first microwave in 1945. The tube was originally used to emit radar signals that could detect enemy aircraft and ships during World War II but later realized its ability to quickly heat food.
  • Vinyl Records

    Vinyl Records
    The first Vinyl Record was made in 1948 by Emile Berliner. The grooves on the record contain sound waves, when the record player and vinyl work together to generate an electrical signal, which is converted to sound, or in this case music.
  • Credit card

    Credit card
    The first credit card (known as the diner card) was invented in 1950 by Ralph Schneider.
  • Transistor radio

    Transistor radio
    In July 1954 the Texas Instruments and Industrial Development Engineering Associates companies embarked on a project in 1954 to produce the world's first pocket transistor radio.
  • Stereo Headphones

    Stereo Headphones
    1958 the first stereo headphones were created by John Koss called the Koss SP-3.
  • Computer mouse

    Computer mouse
    Douglas Engelbart invented the first mouse in 1964. His creation was made up of wood and 2 gears.
  • Video game console

    Video game console
    Ralph Baer envisioned the original in 1966. In May of 1967 he played the very first two-player video game, which he lost, and in 1968 he completed the working prototype.
  • Email

    Email
    Ray Tomlinson invented in 1971 by separating the messages between computers, using the “@” sign to separate the user name and computer they were using had to be specified.
  • Cell Phone

    Cell Phone
    In 1973, Martin Cooper invented the cell phone. It was 23 cm tall and weighed 2.5 pounds. It allowed 35 minutes of talk before its battery ran down.
  • The Internet

    The Internet
    January 1983 is considered the internet's birthday, before this date, computer networks did not have a way to communicate with each other.
  • Text Messaging

    Text Messaging
    Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert invented text messaging. The first text was sent in 1992 from a computer to a cell phone. It read, “Merry Christmas.”
  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth
    Bluetooth was invented in 1994 by Jaap Haartsen but the first bluetooth phone wasn't available in 2001
  • Iphone

    Iphone
    The original iphone was released by Steve Jobs and his team in 2007 for $499-$599
  • Ipad

    Ipad
    The ipad was invented in early 2010. The iPad was originally meant to be a device for reading books and newspapers.
  • Wireless Earbuds

    Wireless Earbuds
    In 2015, a Japanese company called Onkyo produced the first truly wireless earbuds.