Item
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Model
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Year |
Picture |
Link |
Photographic camera |
Kodak |
1888 |
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| First prototype : Strognofe (1865, NC) |
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1876 |
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1877 |
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1889 |
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1896 |
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| Other candidates : Dunwoody & Pickard (1910, NC) |
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Television |
RCA CT-100 |
1939 |
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1922 |
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| First tape recorder |
Ampex 200A |
1948 |
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Info |
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1949 |
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1951 |
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| First prototypes : Zuse Z1 (1936), Harvard Mark I (1944), ENIAC (1946) |
| Portable tape recorder |
Kudelski Nagra II |
1953 |
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Info |
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1954 |
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1954 |
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| Other candidates : Raytheon 8-TP-1 (1955), Sony TR-55 (1955) |
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1956 |
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Electric compact calculator
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1957 |
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1961 |
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| Other candidates : IME 84 (1964, first transitorized calculator), Sharp CS-10 (1964, first all-transistor electronic calculator). |
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Modem |
Bell 103 |
1962 |
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1963 |
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1963 |
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Programmable desktop computer |
Olivetti P101 |
1965 |
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Pocket calculator |
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1970 |
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First prototype : Texas Instruments Cal Tech (1967)
Other candidates : Sharp QT-8B (1970), Sanyo ICC-82D (1970), firsts portables calculators with display. |
Handheld scientific calculator
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1972 |
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| Other candidates : Sharp PC-1801 (1973), Casio fx-10 (1974), Texas Instruments SR-50 (1974) |
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Video game |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1972 |
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First prototype : MIT Spacewar (1961)
Other candidates : Atari Pong (1972) |
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1973 |
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| Other candidates : Pulsar P1 (1972), BWC Quartz (1972) |
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1973 |
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| Other candidates : Lloyd's Accumatic 100 (1972), Sears C1 (1973), Dataking LC-800 (1974), Casio Pocket-LC (1975) |
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1973 |
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| Other candidates : Datapoint 2200 (1970), Kenback-1 (1971), Altair 8800 (1975). |
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1975 |
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First prototype : Xerox (1969)
Other candidates : Xerox Dover (1976), Hewlett-Packard LaserJet (1984) |
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1976 |
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Portable computer |
IBM 5100 |
1977 |
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| Other candidates : Osborne-1 (1981) |
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1979 |
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First prototype : Stereobelt (1977) |
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1980 |
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Organizer |
Sharp EL-6200 |
1980 |
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Info |
| Other candidates : Casio PF-3000 (1983), Psion Organiser I (1984) |
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1980 |
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| Other candidates : Casio fx-702P (1981) |
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Xerox Star 8010 |
1981 |
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First prototype : Engelbart mouse (1968)
Other candidates : XEROX Alto (1973), Logitech P4 (1982), Microsoft Mouse (1983) |
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1981 |
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1982 |
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| Laptop computer |
Epson HX-20 |
1982 |
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Info |
| Other candidates : Radio-Shack Model 100 (1983), Casio FP-200 (1983) |
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Motorola DynaTAC 8000x |
1983 |
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First prototypes : Ericsson (1956), Motorola (1973)
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1983 |
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1984 |
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1984 |
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1984 |
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1986 |
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| First prototype : Kodak (1975, NC) |
PDA |
Apple Newton MessagePad 100 |
1993 |
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Info |
| Other candidates : US Robotics Palm Pilot (1996) |
| Smart-phone |
IBM Simon |
1994 |
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Info |
| Other candidates : Nokia 9000 (1996) |
Digital camera with display
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1995 |
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Info |
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MP3 Player |
SaeHan MPMan |
1998 |
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Info |
