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1994
QR Code was developed at Denso in 1994 for industrial identification, including tracking automobile parts. The familiar square symbol began as a response to manufacturing information needs, not as a shortcut to restaurant menus or smartphone advertising.
1991
The camera widely remembered as the first webcam watched a coffee pot at Cambridge in 1991, initially over a local network. It became accessible through the World Wide Web in November 1993.
1964
The first mouse prototype in Douglas Engelbart’s research program was built in 1964 with a wooden body. Engineer Bill English constructed the device, which tracked movement using two perpendicular wheels.