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Joseph-Marie Jacquard invents an automated loom which uses punched cards to reproduce complex patterns.
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The first typewriter is patented by William Austin Burt. It's slow and clumsy, but it's the first writing machine.
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Samuel Morse demonstrates the principle of the telegraph.The Morse Code is invented.
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Scheutz invents the first printing calculatorThis led to the calculator today.
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Joseoh Begun invented the first recording machine. Without him a lot of stuff like3 music wouldn't be here today.
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Marconi sends the first transatlantic wireless message.This led up cellphones and internet connection this is pretty amazing.
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Picture telegraphy service begins between Britain and Germany. This also colaborates with cellphones and internet connection.
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The Computer Mouse: Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)
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AT&T demonstrates the picture phone at the New York Worlds Fair
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IBM introduces the first word processorThis is the first writing icon for a computer.
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First fiber-optic telephone system is tested in Chicago. Because of this it helped make better phones.
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Apple releases the Macintosh OS-8 systemThis causes a new generation of computers.
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Apple announces the imac. This brought an even newer computer that made others look stupid
