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Telephone
During 1876 a man called Alexandre Graham Bell decided to improve the old telegraph method. He decided to do so by using wires that were based on the electrical system. In the end instead of improving the telegraph Bell created a brand new device. -
Rotary Dial Telephone
At first the phone consisted of three buttons, hundreds, tenths and single numbers. When a person wanted to call a number like 812, they would press the hundred button 8 times, then the tenth button once, and at last the single button twice. In 1892 the buttons were swapped for a shield that had different numbers which the person could use to call. -
The First Ever Radio Broadcast
The first radio broadcast used a alternator and a rotary spark transmitter to send the radio waves that would later be picked up by other transmitters and play the message back to people that have picked the radio wave. -
First Television Broadcast
In 1928 a man called Ernst Frederik Werner Alexanderson broadcasted the first television show. It was broadcasted only in 16 Frames Per Second. -
Tuning Machine
The name of the person that have thought of the first computer was Alan Turing. He did so in 1936. The first computer was only able to print out different symbols on paper. This first computer is the fundament of todays computers. -
ENIAC
In 1943 Presper Eckert and John Mauchly began a construction of a computer called ENIAC. It was then finished by 1946, and the weight of it was 50 tones. Many people said that ENIAC was the first digital computer as it was fully functional. -
Colossus
The purpose of the Colossus was to break the codes of the German army messages. It was designed by Tommy Flowers. -
Z4
The works on Z4 began in 1943. Z4 was classed as the first commercial computer. After the computer was fully designed and completly built, it was sold to a Swiss Mathematician in 1950s. -
IBM 701
The IBM 701 was the first computer that was able to display artificial intelligence in a checkers playing program. In 1954 the computer was tested as one of the machines for a Weather Prediction project. -
Whirlwind 1
The whirlwind machine was developed by the MIT for the US Navy. It was the first computer that worked with real time output. In addition it was also the first computer that had of used a magnetic core memory. -
Brown Box
The first gaming console that could be purchased for home was introduced in 1967 by a German television engineer Ralph Baer and his co-workers. The first game that was ever made to be played at the New console was that two players chased each other with squares on the TV. In the end Ralph Baer and his co-workers produced a total of 12 games for their console -
HP 9100a
The HP 9100a was the first personal computer that was marketed on a larger scale market. -
The Creation of ARPANET
ARPANET was the first basic internet connection established between two locations in 1969. The connection was established between the East and West coast of United States of America. It was also the first connection that used similar features to todays TCP/IP computer protocols. -
The first microprocessor
The first ever microprocesor released onto the market was called Intel 4004 -
Magnavox Odyssey
The next console that was released was in 1972 and it was a second console that Ralph Baer and his company produced. The name of the console was Magnavox Odyssey. This console was advertised by the Magnavox TV and did use six cartridges. This allowed users of the console to play up to 12 games that were mainly lines and dots on the TV screen. -
Altair 8800
The Altair 8800 relied on number of switches to input any information by turning the switches on and off. -
First Portable Phone
In 1975 a man called Martin Cooop invented the first portable headset that he later on used to call his rivals. -
IBM 5100
The IBM 5100 was the first portable computer which was later known as the laptop. This portable computer had a CRT display that was no bigger than an adults hand. It also consisted of the tape drive which was used like a CD/DVD drive in nowadays. -
Pong
In 1975 company called Atari made their first appearence on the market when they released a arcade game called Pong. In 1975 company is selling home version of Pong under the name of another company that was Sears. The unique feature that the Pong had was a chip that did produce both a score that appears on the screen, and a sound effect when the Ball hits the paddle. -
Intellivision
In 1980 a company called Mattel, released a console called Intellivision. This console was the first that could challenge Atari’s console dominance. The Intellivision console had a better graphics and also it was a first console that featured a synthesized voices in video games. -
Commodore 64
The number 64 in the name comes from the number of RAM that the computer is made of. In addition it was more advanced with its graphical and sound specification than the previous computers. -
Game Boy
Another great production made by the Nintendo company called Game Boy. This version of the gaming console was a pocket version of the NES. With a 8 bit CPU and a black and white LCD screen it allowed users to play games while not at home. With the release of game called Tetris it has improved sales of this console. The Game Boy went through many makeovers in a period of time. -
World Wide Web
In 1991 the WWW goes public allowing users to share different kind of information with each other. The 1991 internet is the foundation of todays internet. -
PlayStation
With the launch of the Play Station gaming console from Sony a new era started with the 32 bit video games. From that moment the 3D games began to become popular which meant that the 2D games started to be moved to the side. Also with the release of the Play Station the prices for games released for the console dropped dramatically because the CD’s did not cost as much as the cartridges that were used before the CDs. -
Play Station 2
The new gaming console released by Sony was called Play Station 2. It was a first console that supported the 128 bit games. It allowed users to play their old 32bit games from Play Station. It also was used as a DVD player. -
XBox
In 2001 Microsoft is making their first step into the gaming console market by releasing Xbox. The company was known for the PC technology, so to make their console better they used some parts from PC’s to upgrade their gaming console. This allowed users to have a greater performance when compared to other 128bit gaming consoles. -
PowerMac G5
The PowerMac G5 was the first ever computer to be a 64 bit computer. At the time it was said that it was the fastest computer ever made. Its 2.7GHz processor was only able to support 16GB of RAM. -
Nintendo DS
The Nintendo company decided to release a brand new gaming console, but this time it was portable. The name of it was the Nintendo DS. It featured two screens and a touch screen, which is similar to the one used on todays tablets. It also allowed users to play games from the older versions of the Game Boy. -
PSP
It featured a wirless capability and a high quality graphics. It could also store photos and video or audio files. This handheld device was different to the ones that were released before, as with PSP users were able to either play games, or if they got tired of playing games they were able to watch films, as Sony has also produced the mini disks with different films available. PSP also allowed users to listen to music as the device could be used as a mp3 player. -
First Iphone
In 2007 Steve Jobs announced the first iphone. Little he knew that this would change the ways in which people would communicate with each other. The Iphone was actually like a computer but much in much smaller size than an actual one. -
PS4
The feature that it has is the motion sensing game control which make the players move around the room they are playing that kind of a game on the system. One of the newest feature on the PS4 system is the PlayStation Now. This feature allows users to play different games that are found on the cloud of the PS4 system. However, to gain access to that cloud the user has to pay for the subscription which would allow to get games from it. -
Xbox One
Microsoft decided to release a Xbox One. This gaming console came up with a better Kinect movement sensor which allowed users to gain better experience while playing games which required movement of a player. Also Xbox One allows players to have more Frames Per Second (FPS) while playing games. In the previous version of Xbox players could only reach up to 30 FPS, whereas in the Xbox One, they will be able to reach up to 60 FPS.
