1940's tech

By randyjay98
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    1940's Computer Technology

  • The Z3 Computer

    The Z3 Computer

    Release Date May 12, 1941. It was released German engineer Konrad Zuse. In is lab in Berlin he worked alone on this project and revoltioned the field at the time.
  • Atanasoff–Berry computer

    Atanasoff–Berry computer

    Professor John Vincent Atanasoff builds a much smaller machine that more efficiently computed problems. He was "declared the originator of several basic computer ideas" https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1942/
  • Manchester Mark I Williams-Kilburn tube

    Manchester Mark I Williams-Kilburn tube

    First high speed electric memory device.
    "Information was read by a metal pickup plate that would detect a change in electrical charge."
  • The Secret Cell Phone

    The Secret Cell Phone

    Also In 1947 Bell Laboratories researches mobile communication. They are the first to test mobile phones while working with radio waves. Cell phones would not start to become widely popular until the 1980's. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/the-1947-paper-that-first-described-a-cell-phone-network/245222/
  • "Cybernetics"

    "Cybernetics"

    Norbert Weiner publishes his book "Cybernetics". He is known a great influence on artificial intelligence.
    https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1948/