Tech history in 60 seconds. No filler. Just the breakthrough that rewired the world.
A Japanese calculator company needs chips. Intel delivers something impossible: a programmable processor.
Intel 4004 × BusicomThree physicists at Bell Labs invent a way to control electrons without heat. The digital age begins.
The TransistorLess memory than a calculator. Margaret Hamilton's code lands Apollo 11 and invents software engineering.
Apollo Guidance ComputerJune 26, 1974. A pack of gum. The first barcode scan changes commerce forever.
The BarcodeWilson Greatbatch grabs the wrong resistor. The accident that keeps millions of hearts beating.
The PacemakerMasaru Ibuka wants music he can walk with. The mixtape becomes love letter. Personal media is born.
The WalkmanPure silica. Impurities less than one part per million. Light travels for miles without fading.
Optical FiberDoug Engelbart demos the future. A wooden block on wheels. The mouse makes computers human.
The MouseMargaret Sanger's dream. Gregory Pincus makes it real. One small tablet redesigns society.
Birth Control PillNick Holonyak's red glow. Three Japanese scientists crack blue. The LED revolution begins.
The LEDTim Berners-Lee, Christmas Day. The first browser. The web becomes the world's window.
The Web Browser$200 million. One Dutch company. The most complex machine ever built keeps Moore's Law alive.
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