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The first comercial computer was created in 1951. It was big enough to fill a good sized room. The computer was created by J. Presper Eckert.
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IBM President Thomas J. Watson, Jr. created the IMB 701. A total of 19 were sold to the scientific community.
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Bell Labs introduced the first transistor computer. By replacing bulky vacuum tubes with transistors, computers could now do the same things, using less power and space.
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Basil Hirschowitz invented optical fiber in 1956. Fiber optics is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing plastic or glass to a diameter a little thicker than a human hair.
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Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer mouse. The mouse was originally referred to as an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System."
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IMB introduces the first word processor.
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Yoshiro Nakamatsu created the IMB floppy disk. They were invented to store data
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Computer engineer, Ray Tomlinson invented internet based email. Today, more than a billion people around the world use email.
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Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh computer. Macintosh systems found success in education and desktop publishing and kept Apple as the second-largest PC manufacturer for the next decade.
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Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page . Googles purpose is a search engine
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Bill Gates created the Xbox. The Xbox is a home video game console and the first installment in the Xbox series of consoles manufactured by Microsoft.
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Neuroscientists are exploring ways to read people's minds with machines. Real progress is being made by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and elsewhere.
