1970's inventions that are still used in the office today

QWERTYIOP

EMAIL

MICROPROCESSOR

QWERTYIOPSEND

LASER PRINTER

FLOPPY DISKS

LED DISPLAY POCKET

CALCULATOR

MOBILE PHONE

DIGITAL CAMERA

INKJET PRINTER

WYSIWYG WORDPROCESSOR

Black ink from an inkjet cartridge is oneof the most expensive liquids in the

world and is more valuable than humanblood, oil and space shuttle fuel.

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Blood Ink

The first commercial mobile phone,a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, has amodern-day price of nearly $10,000.

When it first went on sale in 1971 forUS$395 (about £264), the BusicomLE-120A it was far from a�ordable. Intodays market $395 equates to $2,347.

The first commercial microprocessorhad a max clock rate of 740kHz.Comparing the speed against the latestgeneration, is like comparing the speedof a snail with the speed of the marathonworld record holder Dennis Kimetto.

1970’SINVENTIONSTHAT ARE STILL USED IN THE

OFFICE TODAY

1970’S INVENTIONS THAT ARESTILL USED IN THE OFFICE TODAY

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Despite the fact technology moves forward at a rapid rate and we keep seeing an increasing number of high-tech products enter the workplace, most o�ces are still using products that first appeared nearly half a decade ago. So, what are some inventions from the 1970s that are still used in the o�ce today?

The inventor, Ray Tomlinson doesn’tremember what his first email said,but believes it would have been“QWERTYIOP” or something similar.

The popularity of digital camerascaused Kodak to file for bankruptcyin 2012, as it struggled to adapt tothe changing photography industry.

In 2009, Sony sold more than 12 million floppydisks in Japan before their rapid decline saw

production cease just two years later. Did youalso know that they are still being used by

the US government?

The first printer designedfor o�ce use cost US$17,000, a�ordable only toa fraction of the businessesat which it was targeted.

In December 2010, Gabe Okoye andBrittany Mayti lost $800,000 on the TVshow Million Dollar Money Drop overa question about Post-it notes.

More than 1.2 billion people usethe Microsoft O�ce suite, whichincludes Microsoft Word.

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