Highlights of The Sixties

During the 1960's until now technology has made a big turn around.Many improvements and advancements have been established. All these discoveries helped us to progress in life and efficiency.Two specific thing in the sixties stood out to me and that would be technology, toys and gadgets. Some of them helped in the business world like the xerox machine while others, like the Chatty Cathy doll gave children a new way to have fun.
TOYS
1)Chatty Cathy- The first popular talking doll.She spoke seven phrases with the pull of a string.

2)Lego's- Entered by the British into the market, Lego's became a big thing of the sixties for most young boys and girl.

3)Etch-a-Sketch-Made in France this toy was used to draw many amazing pictures made up in children's mind.

TECHNOLOGY&GADGETS
1)The Pill- The first birth control pill went on sale in Illinois for 50 cents a day. It was called Enovid 10.







2)The Answering Machine-The Ansafone was the first automatic telephone answering machine.












3)TIROS-1 Weather Satellite- The United states launched the first weather satellite.