In the Home and On the Go
Some sections of the technological advancements involved personal use most of all. Beginning in the early 1970s, new methods of communication appeared like the e-mail and the first microprocessor chip in 1971. The first microprocessor would lead to the world’s gaining of new computer technologies from that era to even modern times today. It was created by Faggin, Hoff, and Mazor at Intel and was called to be the “computer on a chip.” Other computer-involved technologies were the floppy disc that was created even earlier in 1970 and was called the “floppy disc” because the thinness made it floppy. The first digital camera that would now amp up the progression of photography was created in 1975.
Furthermore, people were now able to talk on the go and communicate from further distances with more ease and convenience than ever before. The first cell phone was brought to life by an inventor named Martin Cooper. He worked with the large corporation Motorola that still exists today. Other competitors of the company like AT&T and Bell Labs had been creating the technology that would make cell phones possible like hexagonal radio tower formations and waiting for approvals from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), but Cooper was the first to take the actual next step. The cell phone's ancestor, the telephone, was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. It took almost a century for the simple telephone to evolve into Cooper's portable cellular device. It was named "Motorola DynaTAC" by the company, but the catch was that it wasn't even remotely small. It measured 9 inches long and weight 2.5 pounds. Factually, the first telephone call that was ever made with a cell phone was to a friend of Martin Cooper's at Bell Labs to poke fun. From this important invention, the cell phones we see today were able to come to fruition.
Another cool invention was the first video camera. It was created by Steve Sasson and the popular photography technology company, Kodak. It was created in December of 1975 on a whim and used parts from around the lab and building he was working in. The original camera weighed around 8 pounds recorded a .001 megapixel black and white photo onto a to cassette tape. It was anything but fast at a slow 23 seconds to take one picture. Then, to even look at the pictures that had been taken, the camera needed to be plugged into a television set.
Overall, many of the inventions of the 1970s era are those which have been completely revamped in modern times for personal use. Now, our cellphones are our lives and digital cameras are taken everywhere to record any moment. People use them still today and they've advanced so incredibly over the last 40 years.
Furthermore, people were now able to talk on the go and communicate from further distances with more ease and convenience than ever before. The first cell phone was brought to life by an inventor named Martin Cooper. He worked with the large corporation Motorola that still exists today. Other competitors of the company like AT&T and Bell Labs had been creating the technology that would make cell phones possible like hexagonal radio tower formations and waiting for approvals from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), but Cooper was the first to take the actual next step. The cell phone's ancestor, the telephone, was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. It took almost a century for the simple telephone to evolve into Cooper's portable cellular device. It was named "Motorola DynaTAC" by the company, but the catch was that it wasn't even remotely small. It measured 9 inches long and weight 2.5 pounds. Factually, the first telephone call that was ever made with a cell phone was to a friend of Martin Cooper's at Bell Labs to poke fun. From this important invention, the cell phones we see today were able to come to fruition.
Another cool invention was the first video camera. It was created by Steve Sasson and the popular photography technology company, Kodak. It was created in December of 1975 on a whim and used parts from around the lab and building he was working in. The original camera weighed around 8 pounds recorded a .001 megapixel black and white photo onto a to cassette tape. It was anything but fast at a slow 23 seconds to take one picture. Then, to even look at the pictures that had been taken, the camera needed to be plugged into a television set.
Overall, many of the inventions of the 1970s era are those which have been completely revamped in modern times for personal use. Now, our cellphones are our lives and digital cameras are taken everywhere to record any moment. People use them still today and they've advanced so incredibly over the last 40 years.