Computer

Someone invented the mechanical calculator

Mar 6, 1642

The mechanical calculator was a device that could do all four arithmetic problems without relying on human intellegence

Joseph Marie Jaquard improved the textile loom creating one of the first programable machines

Sep 15, 1801

Joseph Improved the textile loom by introducing a series of punched paper cards which allowed his loom to produce intricate patterns automatically.

Charles Babbage Designes the first fully programmable mechanical computer

Sep 5, 1837

Charles Babbage designs the first fully programmable computer, but never finishes it.

Henry Babbage Simplifies the mechanical computer's computing unit

Apr 7, 1888

Henry babbage simplifies the mechanical computer's computing unit and succesfully demonstrated its ability to compute tables in 1906, and gave the machine to the science museum in South Kensington in 1910.

Semiconductor Transistor-based machines replaced any previous computers

Nov 4, 1960

Semiconductor Transistor-based machines replaced any previous computers in the 1960s

integrated circuit technology and the subsequent creation of microprocessors

Dec 4, 1970

Microprocessors replace semiconductor transistors in computers and that where computers come form. Give or take a few details...