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Considered the first p modern computer
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German encryption machine used in WWII that was considered to be un undecipherable, until it was eventually cracked
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William Shockley invented the transistor at Bell labs
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At MIT, researchers created the first keyboard by hooking a electrically controlled typewriter up to a computer
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In 1957 the Russians launched Sputnik I and Sputnik II were sent into space
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ARPA and NASA were formed in 1958 by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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While working with Xerox, Gary starkweather invented laser printer
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Victor Scheinman’s arm robot was the first electronically powered, computer controlled robotic arm
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The Altair 8800 was the first personal computer
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The first commercially sold arcade machine
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In 1976, Steve Jobs and and Steve Wozniak founded apple computers
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The first computerized spreadsheet program was introduced in 1978
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The Stanford cart was a long term project at Stanford University from 1960-1980 in 1979 the cart crossed a room on its own while navigating around a chair. The cart was equipped with stereo vision, and a camera that took pictures around the room from different angles and relayed it to a computer
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Sony introduced the first 3 1/2 floppy drives and diskettes in 1981
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Time magazine believed that 1982 was best represented by the Personal computer
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Fuji Masuoka invented flash memory while working for Toshiba
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On July 15th, 1983 the Famicon gaming system was released in Japan, in 1985, the console was renamed to the NES for its American release
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Steve Jobs paid 10 million dollars to acquire the special effects computer group at Lucasfilm, and renamed it Pixar
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The tin toy was the first computer animated film to win an Oscar
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In 1988 Nintendo released the Game Boy handheld console
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In 1990 photoshop was released, it was created by John and Thomas Knoll
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Steven Spielberg’s movie about dinosaurs in modern day became the highest grossing film ever up to that point
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Grand Theft Auto was released in 1997
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IBMs Deep Blue machine defeated a chess champion 2 games to 1
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Apple released the first IPhone on June 29,2007
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