Eventos
Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide WebBroadcast.com becomes one of
the world's first online radio stations.WRAL-HD broadcasts the first high-definition television
(HDTV) signal in the United States.Electronics companies agree to make Wi-Fi
a worldwide standard for wireless Internet.Apple revolutionizes music listening
by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player.iRobot Corporation releases the
first version of its Roomba® vacuum cleaning robot.Amazon.com launches its Kindle
electronic book (e-book) reader.Apple introduces a touchscreen
cellphone called the iPhoneApple releases its touchscreen
tablet computer, the iPad.3D TV starts to become
more widely availableSupercomputers (the world's fastest computers) are now
a mere 30 times less powerful than human brains.Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs launch the Apple I:
one of the world's first personal home computersFirst grocery-store purchase of an item
coded with a barcode.Martin Cooper develops the first
handheld cellphone (mobile phone).Douglas Engelbart develops the computer mouseAstronauts walk on the Moon.World's first solar power station opened in France.Japanese company Noritake invents the vacuum fluorescent display (VFD).Japanese electrical pioneer
Akio Morita develops the Sony Walkman,
the first truly portable player for recorded music.Compact discs (CDs) are launched as a new way to
store music by the Sony and Philips corporations.
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