Part 2: Technology in the 70's

The culture and technology exploded in the 1970's, setting the stage for some of the most advanced products today. Infact, technology and new products were churned out at a record rate in the seventies.

Companies like Apple, IBM and Sony began to shape the way pop culture thought about computers and even data storage.

The creation of the Walkman was a pop culture movement and would weave itself into the 1980's.

Intel released the first programmable microprocessor to the market which was the start of software developers accelerating their code for graphics and CPU's.

Ray Tomlinson sent the first email in 1971 which was the start of all electronic communication and probably the driver for text and chat today.

IBM began selling floppy disks and associated drives in the early 70's with 5.25 and 3.5 inch disks which could allow operating systems to be loaded.

Space Invaders, the Japanese shooting video game was released It was developed by Tomohiro Nishikado, who was inspired by other media: Breakout, The War of the Worlds, and Star Wars.