Fundamentals of Computing Technology Timeline Project-Angie OR.

1st Automatic Computing Engines

1822

Invented by Charles Babbage https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/

Vacuum Tubes

Nov 16, 1904

Invented by John Ambrose Fleming
https://new.engineering.com/story/vacuum-tubes-the-world-before-transistors

1st Programmable Computer

1936

Invented by Konrad Zuse https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1941/

1st Electronic Digital Computer

1943

Invented by John Vincent Atanasoff https://www.britannica.com/technology/Atanasoff-Berry-Computer

Transistors

Dec 23, 1947

Invented by John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor

Artificial intelligence

1955

Invented by John McCarthy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-mccarthy-computer-scientist-known-as-the-father-of-ai-6255307.html

Integrated Circuits

Sep 12, 1958

Invented by Jack Kilby, Masatoshi Shima, and Robert Noyce https://anysilicon.com/history-integrated-circuit/#:~:text=On%20September%2012th%2C%201958,of%20the%20term%2C%20integrated%20circuit.

The Mouse

1964

Invented by Douglas Engelbart and Rene Somme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse

Microprocessors

1971

Invented by Marcian Hoff, Federico Faggin, Masatoshi Shima, and Stanley Mazor in Januray 1971. https://computerhistory.org/blog/who-invented-the-microprocessor/

The World Wide Web

1989

Invented by Tim Burners-Lee and Robert Cailliuau. [https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/]https://www.timetoast.com)

iPhone

Jun 29, 2007

Invented by Steve Jobs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone

Most Important Technology

Oct 19, 2020

The most important technology would be the first automatic computing engines because it created the beginning of future computer development.