1981 ⟶ Kane Kramer Develops the IXI Digital Media Player
Kane Kramer develops the credit card-sized, IXI digital medi...
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🔮 Holography Invention
💨 Hovercraft Patented by Christopher Cockerell
🔑 Public-Key Cryptography Concept Proposed
James H. Ellis proposed the possibility of "non-secret encryption", more commonly termed public-key cryptography, a concept that would be implemented by his GCHQ colleague Clifford Cocks in 1973, in what would become known as the RSA algorithm, with key exchange added by a third colleague Malcolm J. Williamson, in 1975.⟶
CryptographyComputer ScienceMathematicsInternet
United Kingdom📱 Kane Kramer Develops the IXI Digital Media Player
Kane Kramer develops the credit card-sized, IXI digital media player.⟶
Digital MediaConsumer ElectronicsAudio
United Kingdom📡 Sky One Satellite Television Launched
Direct to home satellite television transmission, with the launch of Sky One service.⟶
TelevisionSatelliteBroadcastingMediaCommunicationEntertainment
United Kingdom📱 Technophone Develops the First Pocket-Sized Mobile Phone
Technophone, a British mobile phone company, created the first pocket-sized cell phone, the Excell PCT105.⟶
Mobile PhonesTelecommunicationsConsumer ElectronicsPortable Devices
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