Inventions That Shook The World: 1980s

Map of the United States with locations highlighted on the east and west coasts as well as the area directly between. Caption: It's a primitive forerunner to the Internet.

It's the decade of Ronald Reagan and Margret Thatcher; cold war and glasnost; big beats, big hair and fashions that seemed like a good idea at the time. The inventions of the 1980s have people looking inward at DNA and outward to the far reaches of space. Featured inventions include: the internet, DNA profiling, the nicotine patch, MIR Space Station, and the endoscopy capsule.

(Source: DCMP)

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Technology

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  • Inventions That Shook The World: 1980s

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    English Audio Descriptions - Visual, English Captions - Auditory
    Languages:
    English
    License:
    DCMP Membership
    Author:
    New Dimension Media/Questar
    Length:
    45 minutes