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First Bombe
The first Bombe is completed. Based partly on the design of the Polish “Bomba,” a mechanical means of decrypting Nazi military communications during WWII,. Many bombes were built. This is important because they dramatically improved the intelligence gathering and processing capabilities of Allied forces. -
Harvard Mark-1
the Harvard Mark-1 was a room-sized, relay-based calculator. The machine had a fifty-foot long camshaft that synchronized the machine’s thousands of component parts. It was important because the Mark-1 was used to produce mathematical tables. -
WhirlWind
At MIT, Jay Forrester installed magnetic core memory on the Whirlwind computer. This is important because the core memory made computers more reliable, faster, and easier to make. -
IBM
IBM´s 7000 series mainframes were the company´s first transistorized computer. At the top of the line of computer — all of which emerged significantly faster and more dependable than vacuum tube machines —" This is important because this was the companys forst transostorized computer. -
Computer Chip
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. built the first standard metal oxide product for data processing applications. This is important because this is the first real computer chip. -
Robot Arm
Victor Scheinman´s made the first successful electrically powered, computer-controlled robot arm. By 1974, the Stanford Arm could assemble a Ford Model T water pump, guiding itself with optical and contact sensors. This is important because it was the first controlled robot arm. -
First input mouse
Researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center designed the Alto — the first work station with a built-in mouse for input. This was the first computer with a input mouse. -
The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor)
The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) — the first of several personal computers released in 1977 — came fully assembled and was straightforward to operate, with either 4 or 8 kilobytes of memory. This is important because you could have a computer to your self and not have to share. -
Apple released Macintosh
Apple Computer launched the Macintosh, the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface, with a single $1.5 million commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl. This is important because it was a major computer then and now. Yes, it has been changed but the basic design is the same. -
Iphone 5s/5c
These phones were released in 2013. The iphone 5s is the first Apple phone that has finger print scanning technology. The Iphone 5c is important because it was the first Iphone that has color on the back. The iphone 5s is important because so only you can get in the iphone!!!
