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A new way of putting out fires is patented, A popular toy is introduced and Microsoft releases a new OS for a new millennium… It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1872 – Phillip W. Pratt, of Abington, MA, patented an automatic sprinkler system for putting out fires. The system was operated by means […]

Electric lights are turned on in New York, the first computer bug is discovered and a tech giant is born… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1882 – Thomas Edison displayed the first practical electrical lighting system. The Pearl Street electric power station, Edison’s steam powered plant, began operating and […]

Telephone operators become more “polite”, The US-Russian Hotline goes into operation, and a company is formed that not only changes the movie watching habits of millions, but disrupts an entire industry… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1878 – Emma Nutt became the world’s first female telephone operator when she […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A magical toy goes on sale, a space station crashes to Earth and one of the most popular social media platforms launches… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1900 – One of the most famous trademarks in the world, ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The […]