Technology Timeline

  • Fibre optic

    Fibre optic
    In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell developed the technology to transmit voice signals over an optical beam.
  • base station phone

    base station phone
    The technology to enable phones to communicate from a base station was proposed in 1947
  • Carphone

    Carphone
    car phones were invented in 1956 in Sweden.
  • Cellphone

    Cellphone
    First cellphone was made by motorola in 1973
  • Microcomputers

    Microcomputers
    Microcomputers started to be mass marketed in 1977 and the name “Personal Computer”.
  • TV satellites

    TV satellites
    Allowed on homes in 1978
  • motorola disc

    motorola disc
    first invented in 1984
  • apple laserwriter

    apple laserwriter
    first laser writer ever
  • first iphone

    first iphone
    iphone 1 in 2007
  • iphone X

    iphone X
    most advanced phone of our time.