September 4,
1998: |
Google
was founded |
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September
1998: |
Electronics
companies agree to make Wi-Fi
a worldwide standard for
wireless Internet. |
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1984: |
33
percent of grocery stores are
equipped with barcode
scanners |
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1980: |
Raymond
Damadian builds first
commercial MRI scanner |
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1979: |
Electronic
(online) shopping is invented
by Michael Aldrich. |
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1974: |
At a
Marsh supermarket in Troy,
Ohio, a pack of
Wrigleys chewing gum is
the first retail product sold
using a barcode scanner. |
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1974: |
Giorgio
Fischer invents liposuction |
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1973: |
Laser
eye surgery (LASIK) |
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1960: |
The
first mobile phone was
invented |
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1952: |
Woodland
and Silver build the first
barcode reader. That same
year, the patent for the
barcode system is granted. |
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1928: |
Alexander
Fleming invents Penicillin |
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1879: |
Thomas
Edison invents the light bulb |
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1440: |
Johannes
Gutenberg invents the
printing press |
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