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| 1976 |
| | | Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs design and market a personal computer, calling it the Apple | |
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| 1979 April 29 |
| | | The first flight by a solar-powered piloted aircraft is achieved when Larry Mauro's Solar Riser is able to climb to about 40 feet and glide for half a mile | |
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| 1981 |
| | | The Humber Bridge crosses the Humber estuary in Britain, and is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 4626 feet (1410m) | |
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| 1981 |
| | | The IBM PC 5150, the first Personal Computer, is launched with a chip by Intel and software by Microsoft | |
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| 1983 |
| | | The first all-digital synthesizer, the DX7, is put on the market by Yamaha | |
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| 1983 |
| | | The US system MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) becomes the industry standard for electronic communication in music | |
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| 1983 |
| | | Philips and Sony jointly introduce a new device, the compact disc | |
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| 1983 |
| | | A new version of the Apple adds the mouse to personal computers | |
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| 1989 |
| | | At CERN, in Geneva, Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau build ENQUIRE, a first step towards the future World Wide Web | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Tim Berners-Lee, working at CERN in Geneva, publishes the first formal proposal for the World Wide Web | |
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