2005 gave us some technological discoveries & inventions. We have written a list of the top 5 inventions that were made in the year 2005
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Youtube
Invented by – Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim met at PayPal and then collaborated to build YouTube, the world's largest video sharing website. The first YouTube video was of Karim at the San Diego Zoo, which was uploaded in 2005. YouTube now has over one billion users. YouTube was offering over two million video views each day by the time it was formally launched on December 15, 2005. By January 2006, the number of views had risen to more than 25 million. In March 2006, the amount of videos available on the site topped 25 million, with more than 20,000 new movies being added every day.
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Airing it out
Invented by – Michelin
Michelin came up with the idea for Airing It Out in 2005. Although a wheel without an inflated tyre may appear antiquated � think wooden buggy wheels � the Michelin Tweel is anything but retro. The pressure is distributed to dozens of flexible polyurethane spokes via a shock-absorbing rubber tread band. An aluminium centre supports the spokes in turn. The Tweel is more durable than a pneumatic tyre and never goes flat because it is airless. The Tweel has been tested on military vehicles and the IBOT robotic wheelchair. But it's not going to be on your Honda anytime soon. According to Michelin, it is still excessively loud for automobile purposes.
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Invented by – Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian
In 2005, University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, along with Aaron Swartz, launched Reddit. The site was purchased by Cond� Nast Publications in October 2006. Reddit is a social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website based in the United States. Registered members add links, text articles, photographs, and videos to the site, which are subsequently voted up or down by other members. News, politics, religion, science, movies, video games, music, books, sports, fitness, cuisine, pets, and image-sharing are just some of the themes covered by user-created boards known as "communities" or "subreddits."
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Xbox 360
Invented by – Microsoft
Microsoft's Xbox 360 is a video gaming console for home use. It is the second system in the Xbox series, and it is the successor to the original Xbox. As part of the seventh generation of video game consoles, it competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii. It was first shown on MTV on May 12, 2005, with more details about the launch and game revealed later that month at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo. The Xbox 360 has an online service called Xbox Live, which was enhanced from the original Xbox's version and received frequent updates during the console's lifespan. Xbox Live is a subscription-based service that allows customers to play games online and download games.
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Mac Mini
Invented by – Apple
The original Mac Mini was released in January 2005 as a base model of the PowerPC G4 central processing unit chip. Apple Inc. developed and marketed the Mac Mini (stylized as Mac mini) as a tiny form-factor desktop computer. Since 2005, it has been the company's sole consumer desktop computer to arrive without a display, keyboard, or mouse. The computer was designed to be an entry-level computer for clients on a tight budget. The Mac Mini G4 uses low-power laptop components to fit into small enclosures and minimise overheating, as opposed to ordinary desktops, which use standard-sized components such as 3.5-inch hard drives and full-size DIMMs.
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