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Hewlett-Packard is Founded
First Product HP 200A Audio Oscillator invented by David Packard and Bill Hewlett. This piece of equipment became a popular piece of test equipment. The model 200B was used by Disney as sound effects generators. -
Complex Number Calculator (CNC) FIRST REMOTE ACCESS
Researcher George Stibitz demonstrates the CNC at the American Mathematical Society Conference usint the first demo of remote access computing via special telephone lines. The group was stunned. -
ENIAC Computer
This project was started in 1943 completed in Feb 1946 the public was introduced to the ENIAC built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. It was imporved by 1000 times in speed in comparison to its contemporaries. -
ERA 1101 Computer 1950
The Company's first customer was the U, S. Navy. It held 1 million bits on it's magnetic drum. Drums registered information as magnetic pulses in tracks around a metal cylinder. Drums stored as many as 4,000 words and retrieved any of them in five-thousandths of a second. -
PDP-1 (precursor to the minicomputer)
The precursor to the minicomputer, DEC´s PDP-1 sold for $120,000. One of 50 built, the average PDP-1 included with a cathode ray tube graphic display, needed no air conditioning and required only one operator. It´s large scope intrigued early hackers at MIT, who wrote the first computerized video game, SpaceWar. -
Xerox
Xerox opens Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). In 1970, PARC attracted some of the United States’ top computer scientists, and produced many groundbreaking inventions that transformed computing—most notably the personal computer graphical user interface, Ethernet, the laser printer, and object-oriented programming. Xerox was unable to market the inventions from PARC but others did, including Steve Jobs -
CRAY model 1980's Super Computer
The Cray model Supercomputer was the fastest machine of the day. It weighed 5 tons and used 150w of electricity. It only had 8MB of RAM and opereated at 80MHz. (jukes & McCain, 1997) -
IBM Introduces PC
1981 IBM introduced it’s PC igniting a fast growth of the personal computer market. The first PC ran on a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor and used Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system.
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YAHOO Founded
Stanford graduate students Jerry yand and David Filo founded Yahoo. The Initial name was Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web. It was then changed to Yahoo, which quickly expaned to become one of the Internet's most popular search engines. -
NETscape 5.0
in 2000 the 5.0 version of NEATscape was released . Under tye "decrypting wizard" button anyone can use any computer to read in their native language. -
iPod 2001
On October 23, 2001 Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player, the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer. One man that could be named the father of the iPod is Tony Fadell -
YouTube is Founded
Founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. Which has revolutionized education on many fronts. -
Intro of Automated Classrooms
Personal Access and Display Devices are used and the introduction of the first fully automated classroom. -
iPad Mini 2 by Apple Created
Released on November 2, 2012 features a reduced scrren size of 7.9 inches including faster processer and Retina Display, also pre -installed applications such as mail, photos video, music, iTunes, App Store, maps, notes, calendar, game center, photo booth and contacts. -
iPad mini 3
Features the addition of a Touch ID fingerprint sensor compatible with Apple Pay -
Educreations Just 1 of Thousands of Educational Apps
This app explains any concept and instantly share your thoughts with others. Helps students take control of their learning and master earch new concept. Replay student work to pinpoint misconceptsion and celebrate their success. Spend more time engaging students one -on one. Create time for hands-on learning. -
Xerox 1970
Xerox opens Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). In 1970, Xerox Corporation.Top computer scientist produced many groundbreaking inventions that transformed computing—most notably the personal computer graphical user interface, Ethernet, the laser printer, and object-oriented programming. Xerox was unable to market the inventions from PARC but others did, including Steve Jobs.
