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Television Invented
In 1927, Farnsworth was 21 years old and completed the prototype of the first fully working electronic TV system. The press was told about this scientific breakthrough on January 13, 1928, it also headlined major nationwide papers. -
The First Car Radio
In 1930, Paul and Joseph Galvin who were brothers invented the first commercially successful automobile radio. They named it "Motorola" and priced it at $130 - which is about $2,000 today. -
Jukebox 1940
In the 1940s, three manufacturers competed to build the best jukebox in the world: Wurlitzer, Seeburg, and Rock-ola. -
Z3 Invented
In 1941, Konrad Zuse presented the Z3 computer at the German Laboratory for Aviation in Berlin on May 12, 1941, it was the world's first entirely automatic computer-controlled by programs. -
The First Mobile Phone Proposed
In 1947, The first mobile phones came into existence. T&T proposed that the FCC allocate a large number of radio-spectrum frequencies so that widespread mobile telephone service would become feasible. -
The First Colour Television
In 1953, a research staff named RCA Laboratories invented the world's first electronic colour television system. The successful colour television was brought to commercial broadcasting on December 17, 1953. -
The First Computer Hard Drive Was Used
In 1956, the IBM 305 RAMAC was the first computer shipped with a hard drive. Each megabyte cost $10,000 and it could only hold five megabytes of information. -
Microchip Invented
In 1958, Engineers invented a chip that had a big impact on the world.. It was major! Without the microchip, it is unlikely that the computer would be such a common spot. -
Telstar, the First Commercial Satellite
In 1962, a communications satellite was launched by NASA. It was the satellite that allowed the first live broadcast of television images between the United States and Europe. -
Compact Disc Invented
In 1979, the first compact disc was invented by James Russell. At the time online music did not exist, therefore became the most sophisticated way to listen to, and store music back then. -
Disposable Camera Invented
In 1986, the disposable camera was invented by Fujifilm. Photography companies like Kodak, Canon, and Nikon quickly flooding the market. Cameras were so expensive and complicated, but the disposable cameras were easy to use, cheap, and readily available. The disposable cameras became a staple of tourism. -
The First SMS Message Sent
In 1992, the first SMS text message was sent by Neil Papworth, a former developer at Sema Group Telecoms, on December 3rd. The SMS concept was first invented in the Franco-German GSM cooperation in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. -
Netflix Launched
In 1997, Netflix was released to the public to start streaming. Netflix, Inc. is a subscription streaming service and production company. It has a library of films and television series. It also has its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. -
The First iPod
In 2001, the first iPod was invented. Apple revealed the first iPod on Oct 23, at an event in Cupertino, Calif. The iPod could hold up to 1000 songs. -
The Blu-ray Disc Invented
The Blu-ray Disc Association, which represents makers in the consumer electronics, motion picture, and computer hardware industry, developed the BD format. In October of 2000, Sony released prototypes of the first Blue-ray Disc and Japan released the first prototype Blue-ray Disc player in April 2003. -
Snapchat Launched
Snapchat originally was named Picaboo in 2011. Cofounders Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown were attending Stanford and started building an app that could send photos that disappear after a certain amount of time. It was released July 8, 2011. -
TikTok Created
TikTok is a video-focused social networking platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance Ltd. It has a variety of short-form user videos, with types of videos like pranks, stunts, tricks, jokes, dance, and entertainment with durations from 15 seconds to three minutes.