Technology everyone wanted the year you were born
lovemoney staff
26 April 2018
Must-have tech from years gone by
OppidumNissenae/Wikimedia Commons
1945: record player
Courtesy Sony Music Entertainment/Technicolor
1946: refrigerator
Keystone View/FPG/Getty Images
1947: instant camera
OppidumNissenae/Wikimedia Commons
1948: power mower
Courtesy Qslcards/eBay
1949: electric dictation machine
Courtesy Nuance Communications
1950: credit card
The National Museum of American History / Flickr CC
1951: 8mm movie camera
Joe Haupt/Flickr CC
1952: kettle grill
Courtesy Weber
1953: console TV set
Topical Press Agency/Getty
1954: pocket transistor radio
Joe Haupt/Flickr CC
1955: top-loading washing machine
Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
1956: wireless remote control
Marcin Wichary / Flickr CC
1957: automatic can opener
Courtesy Union Die Casting Company
1958: electric blanket
Courtesy General Electric
1959: electric toothbrush
Mk2010/Wikimedia Commons
1960: electric kettle
Russell Hobbs
1961: electric typewriter
Luke Jones/Flickr CC
1962: food mixer
Courtesy Kenwood
1963: easy to load camera
Camerafiend/Wikimedia Commons
1964: power drill
Courtesy Black + Decker
1965: electric knife
General Electric/Classic Film/Flickr CC
1966: remote control car
Courtesy Jadlam Toys & Models
1967: Teasmade
Courtesy Teasmade
1968: colour TV set
Wally Gobetz/Flickr CC
1969: quartz watch
Deutsches-uhrenmuseum/Flickr CC
1970: pocket calculator
Mister rf/Wikimedia Commons
1971: answering machine
Courtesy National Museum of American History
1972: digital watch
Courtesy Seiko
1973: food processor
Courtesy Cuisinart
1974: videocassette recorder
Liftarn/Wikimedia Commons
1975: home microcomputer
John Bancroft/Flickr CC
1976: microwave oven
Hulton Archive/Getty
1977: games console
justayankeefan/Flickr CC
1978: CB radio
Guy J. Sagi/Shutterstock
1979: personal stereo
Ned Snowman/Shutterstock
1980: dot matrix printer
Cushing Memorial Library/Flickr CC
1981: handheld portable TV set
Binarysequence/Wikimedia Commons
1982: CD player
Alessandro Nassiri/Wikimedia Commons
1983: brick mobile phone
Rico Shen/Wikimedia Commons
1984: personal computer
Shutterstock
1985: camcorder
Ignat Gorazd/Wikimedia Commons
1986: pager
Courtesy Jack-Benny Perrson
1987: portable CD player
Binarysequence/Wikimedia Commons
1988: inkjet printer
Alessio Sbarbaro/Wikimedia Commons
1989: handheld games console
Shutterstock
1990: digital camera
Courtesy Digicammuseum
1991: colour scanner
Courtesy HP Computer Museum
1992: laptop
Esteban Maringolo/Flickr CC
1993: personal digital assistant
Courtesy Apple
1994: webcam
Association WDA/Flickr CC
1995: CD-ROM games console
Wikimedia Commons
1996: flip mobile phone
ProhibitOnions/Wikimedia Commons
1997: virtual pet
Tomasz Sienicki/Wikimedia Commons
1998: DVD player
Courtesy Panasonic
1999: BlackBerry
Raneko/Flickr CC
2000: GPS
Jofre Ferrer/Flickr CC
2001: MP3 player
m.p.3/Flickr CC
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