2015 Event Nike and distributor Apple settle a consumer lawsuit over false advertising for the Nike FuelBand; Nike claimed that the band could accurately track a user's health, but the device was not capable of performing the advertised functions 2014 Event Internet retailer Amazon, Inc. releases its own 'Fire' smart phone; the phone will allow users to connect directly to Amazon.com to shop for items they scan or identify in video and audio clips on the device 2014 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves an electric nerve stimulating device for treatment of migraine headaches 2012 Event U.S. scientists develop a device that can generate electricity from genetically-engineered viruses; these piezoelectric materials are a step toward the development of personal power generators 2011 Event The IAEA releases a report stating Iran has performed activities relating to the development of a nuclear device, and that the project is likely still under way 1968 Event U.S. underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device 1952 Event 1st hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific 1949 Event Truman announces evidence of U.S.S.R.'s 1st nuclear device detonation 1938 Birthday Michael J[oseph] Kurland, U.S., sci-fi author, Infernal Device 1930 Event Check photographing device patented 1922 Event 1st microfilm device introduced 1894 Event Thomas Edison presents "peep show" device 1880 Event Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters 1877 Event Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device 1849 Event Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device
