The transistor is invented, man orbits the moon for the first time, and Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” is no person… It all happened this week in tech history. This week in 1947 – The transistor was invented. In its original form, the transistor wasn’t the tiny silicon component we know today. It took […]
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The first powered airplane flight took off, a new television system was patented, and nuclear power made its debut… It all happened this week in tech history. 1903 – The first successful powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. First Orville, then Wilbur Wright kept their invention flying … each flight lasted […]
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The first theater to use electric lights opened, NASA launched one of the first communications satellites, and the “mother of all demos” introduces the computer mouse.… It all happened this week in tech history. This week in 1882 – The Bijou Theatre opened in Boston, MA and became the first theatre to be lighted by […]
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Ford changes the manufacturing industry, one of the most popular game consoles is released, and the International Space Station starts to take shape.… It all happened this week in tech history. This week in 1910 – Modern neon lighting was demonstrated for the first time at the Paris Motor Show. The first neon advertising sign […]
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The first Jukebox is placed into service, The US sends a chimp into space and Atari releases the first successful video game… It all happened this week in tech history. This week in 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph for the first time. . Originally intended to be used as a dictating machine, this […]
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It’s a week of firsts: The first push-button telephone, the first smartphone and the first computer-generated feature-length film … It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1866 – The rotary-crank bicycle was patented in Paris, France. The bike, incidentally, was known as the bone shaker. 1963 – Bell Telephone introduced the […]
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The first pictures of Saturn’s rings, the birth of the World Wide Web, and the end of the Mars Phoenix mission… It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I made its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings. 1990 – Sir Tim […]
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X-ray pictures are taken for the first time, the first major Internet worm makes its debut and a popular mobile operating system is launched… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1892 – The first successful automatic telephone system was introduced in Laporte, IN. Almond Strowger, an undertaker by trade, came […]
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Radio is born, the precursor to the Internet makes its first connection between two computers and High Definition Television is launched… with another type of launch… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1920 – KDKA of Pittsburgh began broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the […]