Three interesting examples of IT solutions from Three Different Decades (Week 1)
Digital wristwatches (1970s) Nowadays, we can't imagine our life without displays and digital timekeeping. Today digital watch is more like a personal computer, than just a simple device to count time. However, digital watches started out their way far from binary computing and batteries. And even long before texting, alarms, etc in wristwatches. Indeed, the first appearance of the digital display comes from the early 1800s. Though the trend and the hype of digital displays didn't truly stick until 1970s, with the advancement of electronic movements. First "proto-digital watches"watches were mechanical and timed the reveal of new digits minute-by-minute without the use of hands. This hands-free approach was an enormous advancement in the market. By 1881 this technology experienced huge popularity in the United States and abroad. Unfortunately, these "proto-digital watches" could not keep up with the movement of traditional watch works. The problem of these