The latest and ... most innovative inventions

The boom of science and technology has made people's lives more and more comfortable.

Here are the most useful technology inventions over the past two decades, ranging from low to high order.

High-definition television (HDTV - High Definition Television)


Year of appearance: 2006

Since John Logie Baird created the first television box, this technology has always evolved and gives us many interesting surprises. The first is a giant jump from a black and white television to a color screen TV. Then there was the era of digital television channels. And now we can enjoy the strange and vivid world that high-definition television brings.

WIFI


Year of appearance: 1999

Wireless radio networks (Wi-fi) are clearly a great invention today. It allows you to stay online wherever you are without wires. Today, you can bring your personal computer into any coffee shop and feel free to connect with the world without having to worry about the technical aspects.

Wikipedia


Year of appearance: 2001

When it first appeared, this site was subjected to many criticisms. An encyclopedia set up by volunteers and anyone can modify the content? Skeptics believe that these contents will be inaccurate and only lies.

But the fact has shown that wikipedia has become the largest and most reliable search site available today, providing absolutely free information. This huge online encyclopedia is currently run by a non-profit organization.

Electronic bug (chip) and personal safety number (PIN)


Year of appearance : 2004

Not long ago, buying cards also meant fumbling with a ballpoint pen and then being told by an employee with an irritated face that your signature was invalid. Now, you just need to insert the card, press the PIN number, so every payment, big or small, is done at a glance. Thanks to this technology, your assets are better protected against thieves and fraudsters.

EBay online shopping site


Year of appearance: 1995

The original name was Auctionweb , eBay was founded by a French-born Frenchman in 1995, and the first item offered on this site was a broken laser pen. From such a poor start, eBay has grown into an internet giant. It can be said that this website has influenced and changed our habits and methods of shopping the most, more than any commercial business organization.

Global positioning system (GPS-Global Positioning System)


Year of appearance: 1994

GPS is a system that determines the position of an object on earth thanks to a system of artificial satellites. Although managed by the US Department of Defense, the US government allows people around the world to use some of the GPS functions for free. This technology is integrated in most vehicles (aircraft, vehicles, boats) and in modern handheld devices (such as phones). European Union countries are building Galileo Navigation Systems, which feature the same as US GPS, which are expected to start operations in 2013.

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Facebook social network


Year of appearance: 2004

Before facebook appeared, MySpace was the most popular social networking site. But since 2004, Facebook has been the throne and has become a social network that dominates the virtual world. Founded by a Harvard university student with the intention of initially being a " guestbook " for friends, facebook quickly became the first social network to attract strong users across the entire pray, even your grandparents can very well have a facebook account.

Youtube video sharing website


Year of appearance: 2005

Three men created YouTube in 2005 while working in an office above a pizza shop. They are not ' normal ' people, all of them working for PayPal (a company that specializes in building online payment websites) and have relationships that can invest them up to $ 11 million at a time. The point that they started their own company (they have left PayPal now). Today, their brainchild with more than 1 billion visits a day is a representative of the ' evil ' power of the internet. YouTube is also the first place to bring many star names to the world, as the case of the brilliant success of singer Susan Boyle is a typical example.

Iphone


Year of appearance: 2007

With a luxurious, eye-catching design and very easy to use design, accompanied by a daily-developed app store that you can optionally download to your computer at any time, the iPhone deserves to be honored as an iconic product of today's technology. This phone is a ' miracle ' thing that only 5 years ago we never thought it would come true. With proud technology products like iPhone and iPod, Apple deserves to be forgiven if there is a bit of complacency.

Laptop


Year of appearance: 1991

Some argue that the first laptop was the Osborne 1 in 1981, while others said the 1982 Grid Compass 1100. But which one was the first was not important because it pointed to 90s. New laptops began to become attractive products and are vital competitors of the familiar bulky desktops. Today, almost everyone tries to buy a compact laptop to serve the needs of work and mobile entertainment.

IPod music player


Year of appearance: 1995

It seems that just yesterday, we brought along a bag to hold the bag, which CD walkman is the favorite CD when traveling by bus or by train. Today, thanks to the technology of compressing mp3 and tiny iPods, we can carry thousands of songs in our pockets.

Google


Year of appearance: 1996

When a company name becomes a new verb in the dictionary, you know that the company is doing very well. Just over a decade ago, before Google became a common verb in the daily lives of netizens, the two founders of the company - Larry Page and Sergey Brin - were just graduate students. working in a garage. By inventing a super simple and compact online search engine, they really reformatted the way we use the internet, and at the same time created a company so big that even 'big' Family 'Microsoft must be wary.

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Multi-purpose digital disc (DVD-digital versatile disk)


Year of appearance: 1995

First introduced in 1995, DVD - an optical disc storage format has become very popular today. Its main use is video and data storage. DVD is similar in size to CD, but its storage capacity is 7 times greater or more. As an indispensable storage medium today, especially storing large-capacity movies with high definition .

Digital TV


Year of appearance: 1998

The introduction of a new type of artificial satellite in 1998 led to a new era of television technology - digital television. Previously, if you wanted to save a TV show, you had to wrestle with complicated and time-consuming manuals to watch and record those shows. Today, thanks to new technology, you can save an entire TV series with just a press of a button. More 'magic' is that you can pause, fast forward or rewind a program playing on the TV.

Mobile phones and messages


Year of appearance: The late 90s

Looking back at the 80s, you can point and laugh at the trendy young people who just walked and yelled at their cell phone as big as a rock. But by the late 1990s, the size of cell phones had shrunk considerably and has since become an almost indispensable item in modern life. And then there's SMS, a lifeline for shy guys who want to start flirting with her.

Digital cameras and camcorders

Year of appearance: 1969

Perhaps you will be surprised to learn that digital cameras have been in development since the 1960s. And the first digital photo is a poor quality photo taken by a female technician. 40 years later, digital cameras have grown significantly in both function and style, becoming a personal and fashionable device that is both indispensable and useful in everyday life, and especially in the your travel.

Broadband signal transmission technology (broadband)


Year of appearance: 1997 and has been popularly used since 2000.

Remember the old days when you went online using dial-up technology? Long connection, slow download speed and inherent sounds to get used to. Today, thanks to broadband signaling technology, we freely surf the web and download countless applications and favorite movies and music within seconds.

Email


Year of appearance: The late 90s

Just like the internet, e-mail was born longer than you think. The first email was sent by a technician named Ray Tomlinson in 1971. But it was not until later that the technology became familiar and popular with the public. And by the end of the 90s, e-mail really changed the traditional way of communicating people, making fax makers cry.

Global Network (World Wide Web)


Year of appearance: 1991

Global network (www) is a global information space that people can access (read and write) through computers connected to the InternetInternet. This term is often misunderstood as a synonym for Internet terminology. But the Web is actually just one of the services running on the Internet, like email. The web was invented and put into use around 1991 by academician English academic Tim Berners-Lee. This global network has really changed the way we work, entertain and even love.