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Leonardo da Vinci drew sketches of flying machines, helicopters, the first mechanical calculator, and programmable robots. This is important because Leonardo's drawings could have been a start and given us ideas to flying cars, helicopters, and robots.
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Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar created the first mass-produced calculator called The Arithmometer This is important because we could then use his calculator to help with math and advance in calculators.
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The morse code was invented by Samuel Morse. This is important because the morse code was widely used and helped us to communicate very well.
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George Boole invented Boolean Algebra. This is important because Boolean Algebra gave us more advanced rules to use in math.
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Herman Hollerith made a counting maching through mechanical counters.
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Konrad Zuse made the first useable computer to be programable. I think this is important because after computers were made programable many other discoveries were made too through technology.
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John Backus and IBM created the first programming language. It was a very high level programming language too. This is important because the language could be used by many people and was a high level of language so it would be impressive.
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The first compuer game was invented by Steve Russel & MIT. I chose this because video games are a lot of fun and this was the start of the creation of computer games.
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Word Processors were invented by Seymour Rubenstein and Rob Barnaby. This is important because Word Processors give us the ability to type on a page document and ones writings can become virtual.
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This was a more affordable home computer with a GUI. This is important because people who wanted a good quality computer for a good price could now do so. The business made a profit too.
