Evolution of Technology
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Updated: 9 Oct 2018
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Created byTanner Francis
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Vannevar Bush firsts talks about the MemexProperties of the Memex
are used in the World Wide Web
and the first electronic bookBardeen, Brattain, and Shockley invent the transistorThis allowed for technology and electronics
to get smaller. This leads to the modern
technology revolutionCharles Townes & Arthur Schawlow invent the maser (microwave laser)This leads to Gordon Gould
building the first optical laser
and coining the term "laser"Raytheon's Radarange is invented by Percy SpencerThis microwave oven was 5' 11" and weighed 750lbs.Narinder Kapany invents fiber opticsFiber optics are used to relay light from
one end of the fiber to the other.
They're typically made of strung out glass.First commercial nuclear power is produced in EnglandThis allowed for less coal
and oil to be used and less
CO2 to be emitted.The Soviet Union launches SputnikGave information about the upper
density of the atmosphere,
and also gave data about the ionosphere.Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce develop the integrated circuitIt performs the same functions as
a large circuit, just scaled downFrank Pantridge develops the portable defibrillatorThis is used in ambulances, hospitals, and in
public areas to for treating cardiac arrest patientsStephanie Kwolek patents a super strong plastic called KevlarKevlar is now used in cryogenics and personal armors.First solar power station is opened in FranceThis opened up a brand new
provider of energy and a way
to burn cleaner energy than coal or oilThis opened up the opportunity for
space travel and many new openings
for scienceMartin Cooper develops the first handheld cellphoneThis opens up the opportunity
for the cellphone to be upgraded
to the point of what we have nowRobert Metcalfe finds a simple way to
link computers together which was called EthernetComputers hooked up to the internet at the
time started to use Ethernet nowSteve Wozniak and Steve Jobs release the Apple IThis was one of the first at-home
computers accessible to the public
(The computer cost $666.66 because
Wozniak "liked repeating digits")James Dyson invents the first cyclonic,
bagless vacuum. (The Dyson)The Dyson let more vacuum
models to be made in the future,
but we don't need to spend much
time on vacuums..Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide WebThe World Wide Web is our internet today,
or the thing we use when we look up a
website (www.)Pierre Omidyar launches eBayeBay can allow people to
sell items on the internetElectronics companies agree to make Wi-Fi a worldwide standard for wireless internetWi-Fi is used today as our standard for wireless internetApple releases the iPodThis is the first type of music since
CDs and Sony Walkmans.
This is called MP3iRobot Corporation release the RoombaThe Roomba helps people clean
without having to actually use a vacuum,
they can just turn on the Roomba and let it goTouchscreens are used in the voting boxesThis played a major role in the controversial Presidential ElectionSteve Jobs releases the iPhoneThis marks the beginning of the modern age of cellphonesSupercomputers are now merely x30 less powerful than the human brainThe supercomputer could eventually
think to a humans capacity and hold
the same amount of informationPresent DayTechnology is advanced enough to where
I'm presenting to the class from a projector
and I made this using a personal computer
given by the school. Tech is so accessible that
we're just given it for school use.Periods
The first successful American space launch
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