Technology advancements

First PC

Jun 20, 1981

Stung by Apple's success, IBM releases its own affordable personal computer
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first Cd player

Oct 1, 1983

Compact discs (CDs) are launched as a new way to store music by the Sony and Philips corporations.
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Inventing World Wide Web

Apr 4, 1989

Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
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First Streaming Service

Sep 14, 1995

Broadcast.com becomes one of the world's first online radio stations.
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First online encyclopedia

Apr 20, 2001

The Wikipedia online encyclopedia is founded by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales.
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first self healing products

Sep 16, 2001

Scott White, Nancy Sottos, and colleagues develop self-healing materials.

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First Apple MP3 Player

Oct 23, 2001

Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player
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First Touch Screens

Oct 10, 2004

Electronic voting plays a major part in a controversial US Presidential Election.
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First Iphone

Oct 12, 2007

Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone called the iPhone.
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First Kindle Made

Nov 4, 2007

Amazon.com launches its Kindle electronic book (e-book) reader.
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The first Ipad

Oct 3, 2010

Apple introduces a touchscreen cellphone called the iPhone.
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nano-tech

Feb 3, 2016

Three nanotechnologists win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for building miniature machines out of molecules
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