1972 - 1981
1972 Pocket Calculator
The Sinclair Executive pocket calculator was launched in August 1972 at a price of £79.95 + VAT.
1973 Car safety
General Motors research team invented the first air bags used for car safety. They were offered on the 1973 model Chevrolet as an option.
1975 Microsoft founded
Microsoft was founded as a partnership on April 4, 1975, by William H. Gates III and Paul G. Allen.
1975 LCD wathces
LCDs for calculators and watches were sold for the first time by BDH.
1975 - Betamax consumer video recorder
Sony sought to created a standardized format by getting 7 other companies to agree to produce machines that would play the Beta cassettes.
1976 VHS video recorder
JVC introduced in October in Japan the VHS format VCR for $885.
1976 Micor-processor camera
Canon AE-1 was the first camera with a micro-processor controlled exposure.
1976 Apple computers born
Apple computer was created in a Californian garage
Friends from school, Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs were both been interested in electronicsand on April 1, 1976, Apple Computer was born.
1978 Pioneer LaserDisc
Pioneer developed the LaserDisc that was first used by General Motors to train Cadillac salesmen. Pioneer began selling home LaserDisc players in 1980.
1978 First test tube baby
Louise Brown, who was conceived in a test tube is born at the Oldham District hospital following the pioneering research of Patrick Steptoe and Dr Robert Edwards
1979 Sony Walkman
Sony introduced the TPS-L2 Walkman portable audio cassette player.
1980 Smallpox wiped out
The World Health Organisation claims that modern medicine has wiped out smallpox.
1980 Voyager discovery
NASA reports that the Voyager 1 space probe has discovered a 15th moon around Saturn.
1980 Sony's first video camcorder
Released a prototype camcorder called the "Video Movie". It was a single-unit, compact and filmed in colour.
1981 Royal Wedding
750 million worldwide watched the wedding of princess Anne and Mark Phillips.
1981 Sinclair ZX81
Sinclair launched its third computer, the ZX81. The machine was shipped in two versions, self-assembly kit and the more popularly, ready-assembled machine. The ZX81 only had 1K of memory, no colour or sound.
1981 IBM launches personal computer
Introduces its personal computer with Microsoft's 16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0
1981 BT announces end of Telegrams
BT replaces the telegram with the tele message - which results in the loss of 1,400 jobs
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