Technology Timeline

IBM Technology Timeline

1834-10-18 13:53:43

First Electric Car

Thomas Davenport invents the battery electric car

1901-10-18 13:53:43

Motorized Vacuum Cleaner

Hubert Cecil Booth

1906-01-01 23:55:48

Cornflakes

William Kellog

1907-07-19 23:55:48

Colour Photography

Invented by Auguste & Louis Lumiere

1911-01-01 23:55:48

Computing Tabulating & Recording Company

CTRC founded - the forerunner of IBM

1917-07-19 23:55:48

Modern Zip

Patented by Gideon Sundback

1919-01-01 23:55:48

Pop up toaster

Charles Strite

1923-01-01 12:04:07

Traffic Lights

Invented by Garrett A. Morgan

1925-07-19 23:55:48

Television

John Logie Baird

1930-07-19 23:55:48

Jet Engine

Frank Whittle

1935-07-19 23:55:48

Radar

Watson-Watt

1938-01-01 23:55:48

Ballpoint pen

Ladislo Biro

1947-07-19 23:55:48

Transistor

Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain

1954-07-19 23:55:48

Solar Cell

Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson Wilson

1959-01-01 23:55:48

Pacemaker

Greatbatch

1969-07-19 23:55:48

Internet

Internet launched

1971-01-19 23:55:48

Email

First electronic email sent by Ray Tomlinson.

1972-01-19 23:55:48

Video Game

First game was Pong

1973-01-01 23:55:48

Barcode

George J. Laurer

1973-12-01 23:55:48

Cell phone

Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone.

1981-12-19 23:55:48

Personal Computer

First personal computer introduced

1984-12-19 08:34:30

3D Printers

Invented by Chuck Hall

1989-07-19 23:55:48

World Wide Web launched

1992-07-19 23:55:48

First text message sent

Niel Papworth sent the first text message. It said 'Merry Christmas'

2001-09-05 02:57:12

Hawk Eye

Used in goal line technology

2005-07-19 23:55:48

YouTube launched

Founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim

2006-12-01 23:55:48

Twitter

J. Dorsey, E. Williams, B. Stone, & N. Glass

2010-01-01 23:55:48

Apple iPad

2011-07-01 23:55:48

Watson AI

Named after IBM's founder Thomas J. Watson

2013-01-19 08:34:30

Oculus Rift

Invented by Palmer Luckey

2014-12-20 02:06:37

'Hoverboard' Scooter

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