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By: Armeen, Britney & Kishan
The fifties was a time of great development in technology. The inventions created in the fifties offered great benefits to people, this starts with the technology that we use today
Most pieces of technology in our households today were first created back in the fifties
In our presentation, we will be talking about the importance of the technology that was invented during the 1950's and how it has improved and evolved to this day
Many different forms of technological entertainment were invented or grew in popularity during the fifties, these include:
The remote:
the first remote intended to control a television was created in 1950
the first wireless remote control was invented in 1955
Before the remote was created, you had to physically get up to the T.V to change channels
first wireless T.V remote
first T.V remote
Coloured Television Preview of Superman (1950s)
Even though the first computer was created in 1936, it wasn't until the 1950s where the first computer with running program and ability to store memory was created in 1955
The First Transistor Radio was first announced to be created in 1948 by Bell Telephone
The 1950s marked the beginning of Rock N Roll and was loved by teens, Vinyls and Jukeboxes became very popular as well and started to appear in diners
Vinyls
jukebox
record player
Transistor Radios
Present Day (2020)
1950's
Many new strategies and weapons were invented and used in WWII and continued to improve as it followed into the Cold War.
Sputnik 1
The Russians launched the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) into space, with the Americans following in 1958 (Explorer 1)
Today, artificial satellites are used in weather forecasting, T.V Transmissions, supplying navigation data to air crafts and ships & for military purposes
Explorer 1
New forms of transportation became high in demand and the American auto industry reflected the post-war prosperity of the late-1940s and the 1950s.
As the Great Depression and WWII had come to an end, Americans started to experience great economic growth, making them able to afford automobiles
Transportation that started to become commercial and popular during the 50s were:
In 1958, The First Supersonic Jet was created, the Avro Arrow
The First Black Box was made in 1953 - a black box is a device to record cockpit noise and instruments during flight, it records flight data which can be used to investigate any possible airplane crashes
Inventor: David Warren
Cars received popularity during late 1940's to 1950s
The first Chevy Corvette was invented in 1953
Chevy corvette 1953
Chevy Corvette 2020
The fifties was a great decade filled with many technological creations that help us in many ways; we've talked about technology in forms of entertainment, transportation, during the Cold War, and now the importance of the ones that people used and still use today, in their everyday lives.
In 1949, a business man named Frank McNamara forgot his wallet while dining out at a fancy restaurant. To ensure this embarrassing situation would never happen again, he thought of a brilliant idea of a charged card which would allow consumers to pay back at the end of each month - which soon became a significant worldwide use
The Heart pacemaker is one of the world's greatest inventions as it extended the lives of people, who just years before it was made, would not have survived