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The US launches its first space station, Sony releases the Betamax recorder and the first commercial astronaut heads to space… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1927 – The Hotel Statler in Boston, MA. became the first hotel to install radio service, allowing its guests to listen to classic radio […]
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Yale patents his first lock, the first American heads to space, and the public’s use of GPS technology gets a boost… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1851 – Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola, FL was granted a patent for mechanical refrigeration. The official title on the patent calls it […]
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A new form of lighting is used for the first time, the framework is set for a future tech giant, and the first unsolicited e-mail is sent… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1879 – Electric arc lights were used for the first time — in Cleveland, OH. These lights […]
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The world’s first space station launches, the U.S. heads back to the moon, and a popular video sharing site is born.… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1971 – The Soviet Union Launched Salyut 1, the very first space station. Salyut 1 spent 175 days in orbit, before re-entering the […]
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Thomas Edison shoots Annie Oakley for the first peep show, the first successful VCR is released and Apple’s first computer goes on sale… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1894 – Thomas Edison showed off his new invention, the Kinetoscope, when the first kinetoscope parlor opened in New York City. […]
