Technology Growth Over Time
Samantha Tuccitto, Anika Weiberg
The Lightning Rod
1752
The lightning rod conducts lightning bolts into the ground when placed at the point of a structure
The Typewriter
1808
The first working typewriter was invented in the early 1800s, but was not sold until about 50 years later
The First Video Game
Pong was released in 1972 as the first successful arcade video game
The Evolution of Technology
The Kodak Camera
Released in May 1888, the Kodak camera cost $25 to buy, and $2 to re-load
The Telephone
1876
Alexander Bell accidentally created the telephone when he was only trying to improve the telegraph
The Television
1927
The television is supposed to have been invented by multiple people. However, it was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco by Philo Taylor Farnsworth in September, 1927
The First Apple Computer
The first Apple computer was sold for $666.66, and did not include a monitor, ASCII keyboards, and a circuit board
The iPhone 6
The newest model of the iPhone that Apple has created