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July 30, 2012 at 1:53pm
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Most People Didn't Have A/C Until 1973 and Other Strange Tech Timelines  →

What year penetration of a technology reached 50 percent penetration:

  • Electricity: 1924
  • Cars: 1925
  • Radio: 1931
  • Stove: 1937
  • Refrigerator: 1942
  • Telephone: 1946
  • Washing machine: 1964
  • Dryer: 1970
  • Color TV: 1972
  • Air conditioning: 1973
  • Microwave: 1985
  • VCR: 1987
  • Dishwasher: 1996
  • Computer: 1996
  • Cell phone: 2000
  • Internet: 2001
  • Smartphones: 2012 

(Source: courtenaybird, via cnet)

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    I don’t have air conditioning or a smart phone. Haha.
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    Neat.
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    From reading the tease on Flipboard, I assumed “A/C” meant alternating current. The air conditioning fact is much less...
  28. bwansen reblogged this from elfboi and added:
    Air conditioning only gives me dry eyes, a sore throat and headaches. -.-