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The Z1 Computing Machine
The Z1 was a mechanical computer designed and made by Konrad Zuse. It was electronically driven and and a mechanical calculator. The Z1 also had instructions for punch tape. -
Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator
John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert developed the ENIAC I. This calculating machine contained 17,468 vacuum tubes, which circulated the electrons. Using the vacuum tubes instead of switches, helped the speed of the calculator. -
The Transistor
The transistor was invented at Bell Labs in New Jersey by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley. It was wired manually up until around 1959. The tranisistor was one of the main inventions for computers. -
Chess
Claude Shannon figured out how to make a home made electric chess automation. This machine could handle up to six pieces, and was designed to test various programming methods. -
Robot in General Motors
This was a turn of the century, a General Motors in New Jersey put the first robot in their shop. This robot was a hot mold and put door handles on vehicles. They didn't publicize it right away because they didn't know for sure if it would work out or not. -
Spacewar Computer Game
The Spacewar Computer Game was the first game ever invented on the computer. It was designed by Steve Russel and MIT. It took the team two-hundred plus hours to write the first version of spacewar. -
Word Processer
The Word Processer was not evolved with computers, but rather with writes and mathemeticians in need of it. As time has come along, in 1964 IBM invented magnetic tape, with this, you could now fix mistakes without rewriting the entire paragraph. -
Pocket Calculator
In years previous, calculators were much to big for your pocket. But, Japan markets a large, portable calculator, the ICC-0081, with four functions, rechargeable batteries, and an eight digit display with a flip-up display cover. -
Intel 4004
A company called Intel introduced the world's first single chip microprocesser. It was invented by a group from the Intel company. From going to twelve chips to just one was a huge accomplishement for the team. -
The Compact Disc
Instead of records, people were starting to enjoy the Compact Disc, as we know now as a CD, and they are even getting less and less popular. On a CD you can put music on it and put it into a player. -
Computers
This was huge news for everyone involved. There was over half a million people in the United States using computers. This fact encouraged those working with computers to keep pushing and helping them evolve. -
Dell
On this day, Dell Computers became the largest PC makers. A little about Dell...Michael Dell at nineteen found PC's Limited and it has grown over the years. -
Intel All Wireless
At Computex, Intel's Kirk Skaugen is trying out the new wireless charging, docking, display and data transfer technologies that the company is working on in conjunction with a wide array of industry partners. Wouldn't it be great with no wires...at all? -
The Khronos Projector
The Khronos Projector lets you view events in new configurations of space and time. In this, you can move things around and make things bigger, etc. -
Asus RT-AC3200
The six antennas coming our from the Asus RT-AC3200 gives it a crazy look, but it's what's under the hood that matters here. The router sports the latest super duper fast 802.11ac and 802.11n TurboQAM technologies to have speeds up to 1.3Gbps per device.
