Video - Tech Time Machine: From 8-Pound Cameras to AI Jeopardy Champs!
"The first digital camera, created by Kodak engineer Steven Sasson in 1975, weighed 8 pounds and took 23 seconds to capture a single image. This pioneering device marked the beginning of the digital photography revolution." "The Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, has provided some of the most detailed images of space ever taken. It orbits Earth at about 547 kilometers (340 miles) and has greatly expanded our understanding of the universe." "Bluetooth technology is named after a 10th-century Danish king, Harald 'Bluetooth' Gormsson, who united Denmark and Norway. The technology's creators chose the name to symbolize unification, similar to the way Bluetooth connects devices." "The first successful email spam was sent by a marketer named Gary Thuerk in 1978. He sent a message promoting a new computer product to 393 recipients on ARPANET, the precursor to the internet." "IBM's Watson, an AI, became famous in 2011 after winning the quiz show Jeopardy! Watson defeated two of the game's greatest champions, showcasing the potential of artificial intelligence in processing and understanding natural language."