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Russia launched the first satellite Sputnik
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From Sputnik to the present - Technological advances
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First US satellite the Explorer 1 launched
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First US nuclear power plant begins operations
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Theodore Maiman invents the laser
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Weather Satellite Tiros 1 launched
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Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space
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US launches Communication Satellite -- Telstar
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LEDs - Light Emitting Diodes - first used
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USA Mariner 2 - the first planetary probe launched
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Cassette Tape invented
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IBM reveals operating system OS/360
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Douglas Engelbart invents the computer mouse
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Electronic Fuel injection for cars invented.
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Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
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Daisy Wheel Printer
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Floppy disk invented by Alan Shugart
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Jame Fergason invented LCD -Liquid Crystal Display
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Sharpe Corp introduces the first pocket calculator
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VCR (video cassette recorder) invented
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Word processor introduced
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First home video game invented by Nolan Bushnell
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Ethernet (local communication network) invented by Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
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Skylab launched into orbit
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Barcode creation computerizes store purchases
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Bill Gates & Paul Allen form Microsoft
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Raymond Damadian invents MRI - magnetic resonance imaging
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Artificial heart (Jarvik 7) invented by Robert Jarvik
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First cell phones introduced
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Japanese company first developed HD (high-definition television)
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Cray supercomputer invented by Seymour Cray
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Sony changes way people listen to music with the Walkman
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MS-DOS - Microsoft Disk Operating System created for IBC personal computer
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IBM PC - personal computer launched
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Space Shuttle Columbia launched.
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Apple introduces Lisa - first personal computer to offer a graphical user interface
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GPS (Global Positioning System) first installed in civil aircrafts
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Sony releases the first camcorder
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Time magazine names the personal computer Man of the Year
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CD - ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory)
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Toshiba creates first flash memory capability
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Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh 128k on January 24, 1984
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Windows operating system introduced by Microsoft
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J. Georg Bednorz & Karl Muller create high-temp superconductor
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First disposable camera introduced by Fuji
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Digital cell phones created
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Indiglo nightlight patented by Ralph Alessio & Fredrik Olsen
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Satellite testing of HD broadcasting signal begins
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Tim Berners-Lee (not Al Gore) creates World Wide Web using internet protocol (HTTP) and language (HTML)
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The Hubble telescope is carried into space by the Space Shuttle Discovery
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First digital answering machine introduced
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first PDA was released by Apple
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Neil Papworth sent the first text message to Richard Jarvis - "Merry Christmas"
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In 1993, browser software was advanced by Marc Andreessen with the release of Mosaic (later Netscape),
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"Simon", by BellSouth was the first smart phone
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DVD Digital Video Disc introduced
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Broadband internet connection available to the public
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Search engine Google begins
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WiFi makes wireless internet access possible
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Govenment ok's GPS technology for public use
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Toyota starts the hybrid movement in the US with the introduction of the Prius
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AT&T is first to offer phone to phone texting in the US
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Palm introduced the Kyocera 6035 which combined a PDA with a mobile phone - limited web browsing
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October 23, 2001, Apple announces the release of the first iPod
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Richard Merrill invented the Foveon Camera Chip
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Phone Tooth created by James Auger & Jimmy Loizeau
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The virtual keyboad is introduced
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Nintendo Wii launches
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Facebook changes the face of social communication
