ICT - How Technology Has Evolved since 1998

I have researched the changes in technology from 1998 - 2012 and I have presented my findings on this page of my website.

Changes in technology from 1998-2012

Changes in transport

16/12/2012 21:07
2001 The Segway PT self-balancing personal transport was launched by inventor Dean Kamen. 2004 The first commercial high speed Maglev train starts operation between Shanghai and its airport. The first spaceflight of SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded human spaceflight (21 June...

Communication via mobile phones

13/12/2012 14:24
Mobile phones have become a crucial part of our daily life nowadays. Everyone – from teenagers to old men – has a personal cell phone of their own. But the mobile phones we see now didn’t look like this earlier, instead they were something totally different, something you wouldn’t even think of...

Communication via the internet

13/12/2012 14:05
Email was, at that time, the equivalent of today’s text message. Over time, it changed and evolved like anything else; it has sender and receiver info, a subject line, a message body, and attachments, but on the whole, emails are pretty simple documents. It’s not so easy to get it from point A to...

Internet connections

13/12/2012 13:52
In 1996, you could only connect to the internet using a dial-up connection. A dial-up connection means that you use your telephone line to connect to an outside Internet Service Provider (ISP), which in turn connects you to the Internet. The parts of a dial-up connection include a modem, which...

Progressions in Apple inc. products

13/12/2012 13:48

 Written Timeline of Technological Breakthroughs in the Last 14 Years

 

 1999

  • Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph).
  • Tekno Bubbles patented.

 2000

  • The mystery of Ginger.
  • Environmentally friendly transformer fluid from vegetable oils invented by T.V. Oommen.
  • FluidSense infusion pump invented (automatic and standardized intravenous applicator).

2001

  • AbioCor artificial heart invented by Abiomed - the Abiocor represents groundbreaking medical miniaturization technology. Nuvaring birth control invented by Organon.
  • Artificial liver invented by Dr. Kenneth Matsumura and Alin Foundation.
  • Fuel cell bike invented by Aprilia.
  • Self-cleaning windows invented by PPG Industries.
  • On October 23, 2001 Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer.

2002

  • Braille Glove invented by Ryan Patterson.
  • Phone tooth invented by James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau.
  • Nano-tex - nanotechnology wearable fabrics invented by Nano-tex LLC.
  • Birth control patch invented by Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical.
  • Foveon Camera Chip invented by Richard Merrill.
  • Date Rape Drug Spotter invented by Francisco Guerra.
  • Solar Tower invented by Jorg Schlaich.
  • Virtual keyboard invented by Canesta and VKB.
  • ICOPOD invented by Sanford Ponder.

2003

  • Optical Camouflage System invented by Susumu Tachi, Masahiko Inami, and Naoki Kawakami
  • Toyota's Hybrid Car
  • Ice Bike invented by Dan Hanebrink
  • New Toy Robots Max the robotic cat invented by Omron, LUCKY, THE ROVING ROBO-RAPTOR invented by Walt Disney Imagineering, and Sony builds Aibo a companion called Orio.
  • New Fabrics, Salmon Skin Leather invented by Claudia Escobar and Skini, and Luminex a glowing fabric invented by Luminex.
  • Java Log a log for your fireplace made from used coffee grinds and invented by Rod Sprules
  • Infrared Fever Screening System used in public buildings to scan for people with a high temperature from a fever or sars invented by Singapore Technologies Electronics and the Singapore Defense Science and Technology Agency
  • The No-Contact Jacket invented by Adam Whiton and Yolita Nugent, protects the wearer by electric

2004

  • Adidas 1 are the thinking shoes with a built in microprocessor that decides how soft or firm support the wearer needs. Chosen by Popular Science magazine as the best recreation invention of 2004.
  • Translucent Concrete developed by Hungarian architect Aron Losonczi and called LitraCon and is based on a matrix of parallel optical glass fibers embedded into the concrete that can transmit light and color from the outside. However, this is not the only translucent concrete out there. Inventor Bill Price has been developing another variety.
  • Ka-on or Flower Sound are plants that play music invented by the Japanese based Let's Corporation. Flowers bouquets will act as loudspeakers when placed in a special vase that has electronics hidden in the base.
  • Intel Express Chipsets - Grantsdale and Alderwood are the code names of Intel's newest chips that will provide superior and inexpensive built-in sound and video capacities for the PC including the ability to do high definition video editing without additional computer cards.
  • SonoPrep invented by bioengineer Robert Langer, is a device that will deliver medication by sound waves rather than injection. According to the Sontra Medical Corporation, SonoPrep's manufacturer: The small, battery-powered device applies low-frequency ultrasonic energy to the skin for 15 seconds. The ultrasound temporarily rearranges lipids in the skin, opening channels that let fluids be delivered or extracted. After about 24 hours, the skin returns to normal.

2005

  • YouTube - the online video sharing and viewing community - was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. YouTube was named Time Magazines Invention of the year in 2006.

2008

New inventions of 2008 include: smog-earing cement, high altitude flying windmills, bionic contacts, pig-urine plastic.

2009

New inventions of 2009 include: a new computer interface called the sixth sense, and a retinal implant for the blind.

2011

New inventions of 2011 include: fabrics made from raw milk, a new kind of photography, an electronic bloodhound, the world's smallest ink jet printer.