Edison produces his first incandescent bulb, the transistor radio makes its debut and the first all-female spacewalk takes place… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1879 – After 14 months of experimenting in Menlo Park, NJ, Thomas Edison succeeded in producing a working prototype of the electric, incandescent lamp, using […]
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Mariner 2 heads to space, the first CAT scan is introduced and Microsoft rolls out a new operating system… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This Week in 1962 – The U.S. launched the Mariner 2 space probe using an Atlas D booster. Later that year, “Mariner 2” passed within just over 20,000 […]
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A new phone greeting is proposed, the electric car starter is patented and a revolutionary office machine retires to the museum … It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1877 – A brand new telephone system was being setup in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thomas Edison wrote the president of the Telegraph Company and stated that […]
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This Week in Tech History: IBM’s 51-Foot Long Calculator
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The first successful transatlantic telegraph line goes into operation, Edison invents a new way to listen to music and IBM dedicates a 51-foot calculator… It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1858 – The transatlantic cable was finished and Britain’s Queen Victoria sent a telegram to U.S. President Buchanan, congratulating the President on an […]
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The first traffic light in the US goes up, a telephone pioneer goes down, and one of the first mass-produced PCs is unveiled… It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1914 – The American Traffic Signal Company installed the first electric traffic light to be used in the United States. Installed on the corner […]
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One half of the Wright Brothers sets a new record, a new agency is formed to explore other worlds and a communications giant is born… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1909 – Orville Wright (one of the famous Wright Brothers, along with Wilbur) set a record for the longest […]
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Henry Ford sells his first car, a tech giant is born and humans set foot on the moon … It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1899 – NEC Corporation, originally knows an Nippon Electric Company is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. NEC started off in the production, sale […]
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A new way to listen to music is announced, Microsoft makes a shady offer and the first privately funded spaceplane takes off… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1868 – American inventor Christopher Sholes patented the Sholes and Glidden typewriter. This was the first commercially successful typewriter – and the […]
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This Week in Tech History: First American Woman in Space
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Ben Franklin makes a shocking revelation, the first American woman in space blasts off and a communications giant is born.… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1752 – Founding father, Benjamin Franklin finally got the opportunity he had been waiting for, to prove a connection between lightning and electricity. As […]
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The ice cream freezer is patented just in time for summer, Thomas Edison flops, and Henry Ford completes his first car… It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1848 – William Young of Baltimore, MD patented a hand-cranked paddle freezer and invented the technique that survives today. It cut the time from hours to […]