70's computer technology

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    The 70's

  • Floppy disk

    Floppy disk
    IBM puts first floppy disk on the market. Allowing for data to be saved and easily shared.
  • Email

    Email
    Inventor Ray Tomlinson was able to create a way to send messages between multiple computers. This laid way for communicating electronically with people worldwide.
  • UPC

    UPC
    First item scanned using UPC, invented by Norman Joseph Woodland. This created an easier way to track products.
  • Commercial digital camera

    Commercial digital camera
    Created by Harry Garland, Roger Melen and Terry Walker. This eventually turned into a convenient way to take pictures without film and transferring images to a computer.
  • Home computer

    Home computer
    Desktop computer for the consumer market. Produced by Apple Inc., Tandy radio shack and Commodore Intl.