20 Technologies: First Release Vs. Now

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1. Polaroid Camera

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Left: Polaroid Land Camera

Right: Polaroid Z300

2. iMac

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Left: Bondi-Blue iMac

Right: iMac with Retina Display

3. iPhone

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Left: iPhone (1st Gen)

Right: iPhone 6

4. iPod

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Left: iPod (Scroll Wheel)

Right: iPod Touch (7th Gen)

5. Nintendo Game Console

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Left: Nintendo Entertainment System

Right: Nintendo Wii U

6. Books

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Left: A pile of books

Right: Amazon Kindle (Paper)

7. Computer Mouse

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Left: First computer mouse developed by Douglas Engelbart

Right: Wireless Mouse

8. Texas Instruments Calculator

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Left: TI-2500 DataMath

Right: TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition

9. Sony Handheld Video Recorder

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Left: Sony Betamovie BMC-100P

Right: Sony AX100 4K Series

10. Television

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Left: RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set.

Right: Samsung Smart TV

11. Modern Loudspeaker

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Left: First prototype loudspeaker developed by C.W. Rice of General Electric and E.W. Kellogg of AT&T.

Right: Beats by Dr. Dre Pill 2.0 Bluetooth Speaker

12. Android Phones

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Left: HTC Dream

Right: Galaxy S5

13. Laptop

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Left: Epson HX-20

Right: Macbook Pro

14. 1 GB Hard Drive

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Left: The IBM 3380 HDA, first gigabyte hard drive.

Right: Kingston 1 GB removable microSD card.

15. Xbox

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Left: Xbox (1st Gen)

Right: Xbox One

16. Playstation Console

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Left: Playstation 1

Right: Playstation 4

17. Remote Control

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Left: Zenith Space Commander Remote Control

Right: LG Magic TV Remote Control

18. Google

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19. Microsoft Windows

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Left: Microsoft Windows OS 1.01

Right: Microsoft Windows OS 8

20. Mac OS

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Left: Mac OS System 1

Right: Mac OS X Yosemite