Editing 1970s (section)

====Electronics and communications====
The birth of modern computing was in the 1970s, which saw the development of:
* [[Intel 4004]], the world's first general microprocessor
* the [[C (programming language)|C programming language]]
* rudimentary personal computers, with the launch of the [[Datapoint 2200]]
* [[pocket calculator]]s
* the [[Magnavox Odyssey]], the first home video game console
* the [[Sony]] [[Walkman]], built in 1978 by Japanese audio-division engineer [[Nobutoshi Kihara]]
* consumer video games, after the release of ''[[Computer Space]]''
* the earliest [[floppy disk]]s, invented at [[IBM]], which were 8&nbsp;inches wide and long, commercially available by 1971
* email, with the first transmission in 1971
* [[electronic paper]], developed by Nick Sheridon at Xerox's [[PARC (company)|Palo Alto Research Center]] (PARC)
* the [[Xerox Alto]] of 1973, the first computer to use the [[desktop metaphor]] and mouse-driven [[graphical user interface]] (GUI)

The 1970s were also the start of:
* [[fiber optics]], which transformed the communications industry
* [[microwave oven]]s, which became commercially available
* [[Betamax]] and [[VHS]] [[Videocassette recorder|VCR]]s which became commercially available and especially VHS would become widely used for home entertainment in the 1980s and 1990s.
* the first [[voicemail]] system, known as the Speech Filing System (SFS), invented by Stephen J. Boies in 1973
* [[e-commerce]], invented in 1979 by [[Michael Aldrich]]
* [[LaserDisc|DiscoVision]] in 1978, the first commercial optical disc storage medium
* [[positron emission tomography]], invented in 1972 by Edward J. Hoffman and fellow scientist Michael Phelps
* [[Mobile phone|cell phones]], with the first call transmitted in 1973, [[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]] of [[Motorola]]
* [[car phone]] services, first available in Finland in 1971 in form of the zero-generation ARP (Autoradiopuhelin, or Car Radiophone) service
* [[Apple Computer|Apple Computer Company]], founded in 1976 and incorporated the following year by [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Steve Wozniak]]

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File:Apple II Plus, Museum of the Moving Image.jpg|The [[Apple I]] and [[Apple II Plus|II Plus]] (pictured), invented by [[Steve Wozniak]], helped spur the [[History of personal computers|microcomputer revolution]] at the time.
File:HP 35 Calculator.jpg|The first scientific hand-held calculator ([[HP-35]]) is introduced.
File:Post FeTAp 611-2.jpg|Fernsprechtischapparat (FeTAp) 611-2 [[Telephone]]
File:Wiki 8-inch floppy disk.png|8-inch [[floppy disk]]
File:N1500 v2.jpg|A Philips N1500 [[video cassette recorder]], with wooden cabinet.
File:Atari-2600-Light-Sixer-FL.jpg|[[Atari 2600]], launched in 1977.
File:Original Sony Walkman TPS-L2.JPG|Sony [[Walkman]], the original TPS-L2 model.
File:Yamaha CS-80 (1977) 8-voices dual-layered analog polyphonic synthesizer, with 22 preset sounds & 6 user patches - VINTAGE SYNTH @ YAMAHA BOOTH - 2015 NAMM Show.jpg|1970s analogue synthesizer [[Yamaha CS-80]].
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