Tandy Corporation quickly followed MIT by offering Radio Shack's first microcomputer in 1976.
The Altair is widely recognized as the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution as the first commercially successful personal computer-by olivia L.
Probably the digital watch - first retailed in 1969.
In 1983, the GPS ceased being solely a military system and was made available for public use.
The Bible was first made available to the public in the 15th century, after the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1455. This allowed for mass production of the Bible, making it more accessible to the general population.
Public domain software is generally made available at no cost.
Minicomputers are no longer made, the microcomputer made them obsolete.
A public offering is a term used in the stock markets. It refers to the first time where stocks in a company are made available for purchase to the general public.
The transistor
The Fender Princeton Reverb guitar was first made available to the public in 1964. It continued to be sold for several years and although no longer easily available new it is possible to get one secondhand.
Isaac Asimov I think...
The first cellulite laser was made available to the public in 2004. Unfortunately there is very little scientific evidence that this treatment actually gives long-lasting results.
The first automatic transmission available to the general public was Oldsmobile's Hydra-Matic system. The automatic transmission was based on technology developed by German engineers. Oldsmobile first developed the Hydra-Matic system in 1938, and first made available to the general public on all models in 1940, as an available option for $57.