History of Technology

  • First Mechanical Computer

    First Mechanical Computer
    It was created by Charles Babbage proposed the idea of Analytical Engine. The Analytical Engine had basic flow control, integrated memory etc. Even though the idea was proposed it was never started until 1910 when Henry Babbage started it. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm
  • First Telephone Call

    First Telephone Call
    The first telephone call was made by Alexander Graham Bell to his assistance Thomas Watson. The words were "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you"
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    First mainframes created

    There isn't really a first mainframe but there were several first's mainframes. One of them was the NEAC 2203 which was in a way a multilingual computer. It was used by Japan for Kinki Nippon Railways in 1960. http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/mainframe-computers/7/166
  • First Supercomputer

    First Supercomputer
    Seymour Cray made the first transistorized supercomputer for the Control Data Corporation in 1958. He introduced the CD 6600, the first supercomputer to use functional parallelism in 1964. https://www.reference.com/technology/invented-first-supercomputer-ae3185a5bd50219
  • The First Video Game

    The First Video Game
    Physicist William Higinbotham is thought to be the first video game. This game was called "Tennis for Two". It was a two dimensional game. This "tennis " game was controlled by a small analog computer. William used four of the computers operational amplifiers to generate the balls motion while the remaining six amplifiers sensed ball movement. There were many other inventions before the "Tennis for Two" but nun were as popular as Higinbotham's
    https://www.bnl.gov/about/history/firstvideo.php
  • History of Compuserve

    History of Compuserve
    Compuserve gives their users many information like online information services, software products and more. It was established by Jeffrey Wilkins in 1969 and in 1970 it was expanded. And in 1971 it was completely owned by H&R Block Inc. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/compuserve-interactive-services-inc-history/
  • First Microcomputer

    First Microcomputer
    It was invented by a team which was leaded by Bill Pentz in Sacramento State University. this microcomputer was named, Sac State 8008. Thoe it was the first microcomputer it never reached fame. https://www.reference.com/technology/invented-microcomputer-8c8cb8ec52ee1ca3
  • First Mobile Phone

    First Mobile Phone
    A senior engineer at Motorola called Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone. With this phone you could called for 30 minutes and it took 10 hours to charge. http://www.knowyourmobile.com/nokia/nokia-3310/19848/history-mobile-phones-1973-2008-handsets-made-it-all-happen
  • First Personal Computer

    First Personal Computer
    Altair 8800 was the first personal computer which was created by Ed Roberts. It was introduced in 1971 for $750. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm
  • First Portable Computer

    First Portable Computer
    The first truly considered portable computer was called Osborne I made by Adam Osborne. It had a 64 KB of memory and two 5 1/4" floppy drives as well as a modem. Its cost was $1,791. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm
  • Google

    Google
    Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the creators of Google. Google started as an online search firm at the dormitories of Stanford Universities. It was originally called BackRub. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Google-Inc
  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth
    Jim Kardach was the one who made Bluetooth SIG. Kardach was responsible for joining Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia and Toshiba.
  • Creation of Napster

    Creation of Napster
    Shawn Fanning had an idea that consisted of creating a program that would be able to share your files with a centralized file server. it only operated from July of 1999 to July 2001. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring01/burkhalter/napster%20history.html
  • First Ipad

    First Ipad
    The IPad was actually worked on prior the IPhone. The IPad included Apple's first processor the Apple A4. It came with 16, 32, 64 GB storage. http://www.imore.com/history-ipad-2010