Electronics
Welcome to 123 Electronics, this website focuses on all aspects of electronics. If you want to know how to get the best from electronics, whether it is buying the best and getting the most enjoyment out of your home and consumer electronics. Or learning about how electronics work and looking at the future of the technological home in the 21st century you have come to the right place.
We are all affected by electronics and technology every day, this exciting area is ever developing and innovating making our lives easier whilst our increasing reliance and impact on the environment make this a point of debate across the world.
Since the 1970s technology has grown apace with the invention of the semiconductor here are some notable milestones:
1970s
- 1971: E-mail: Ray Tomlinson
- 1971: Liquid Crystal Display: James Fergason
- 1971: Microprocessor: Federico Faggin and Marcian Hoff
- 1971: Pocket calculator: Sharp Corporation
- 1973: Ethernet: Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
- 1973: Personal computer: Xerox PARC
- 1975: Digital camera: Steven Sasson
- 1977: Personal stereo: Andreas Pavel
- 1977: Mobile phone: Bell Labs
- 1978: Spreadsheet: Dan Bricklin
1980s
- 1980: Compact Disk: Philips Electronics, Sony Corp
- 1983: Camcorder: Sony
- 1983: Internet: first TCP/IP network: Robert E. Kahn, Vint Cerf and others
- 1987: Digital Light Processing: Dr. Larry Hornbeck, Texas Instruments
1990s
- 1990: World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee
- 1993: Global Positioning System: United States Department of Defense
- 1993: Blue LED: Shuji Nakamura
- 1997: Non-mechanical digital audio player: SaeHan Information Systems
(source wikipedia)
These are just a selection the many groundbreaking developments in the electronics industry ove the last 40 years, please search the site to find out more about this fascinating subject.
