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The Word Android Is Defined
German philosopher and alchemist Albertus Magnus coins the word
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Computer Language Plankalkül Was Developed
Plankalkül is a German computer language made by Konrad Zuse. It was the first complete high-level language. -
Unimation, Inc. Is Formed
George Devol and Joseph Engelberger form the world's first robot
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Fortran Was Developed
FORmulaTRANslation is the oldest programing language still in use today. It was created by John Backus to do high-level calculations. It still is used in government and aerospace -
First Robotic Arm Is Installed
The first robotic arm was installed at the General Motors plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey -
Educational LEGO Robots Are Made
Lego teamed up with MIT to make educational robots for schools -
HTML Was Developed
A physicist Tim Berners-Lee developed HTML in 1980 to create electronic documents(web pages) -
First Laptop is Invented
The first laptop, The Osborne 1, was invented by Osborne Computers. It sold 10,000 units/months -
Robotic Arm Helps With Surgery
The PUMA 560 robotic surgical arm is used in the first documented
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PHP Is Released
Rasmus Lerdorf developed PHP which is the language that Facebook uses as well as 20 million other websites -
Sojourner lands on Mars
The free ranging robot Sojourner sends back 2.3 billion bits of information about Mars -
The Roomba Is Released
IRobot releases a automatic robotic vacuum called the Roomba(The First Domestic Robot -
The First IPhone Was Released
The first IPhone was released with IOS by Steve Jobs in 2007 using Safari as a web browser -
Google Go is Developed
3 Google employees created Google Go to "Combine the ease of programing[...] with the efficiency and safety of a statically typed compiled language." -
Robots Help Make Space Probes
Robot arms are used on the Viking 1 and 2 space probes
