History of the Computer

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  • The Z1 Computer

    Konrad Zuse invented the first freely programmable computer called the Z1 Computer
  • Samsung

    Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company. It entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s.
  • HP 200A Audio Oscillator

    The HP 200A Audio Oscillator was invented by David Packard and Bill Hewlett.
  • The EDSAC

    Maurice Wilkes assembled the EDSAC, the first practical stored-program computer
  • The First Electronic Computer

    The first electronic computer is created in Japan by Hideo Yamachito.
  • Apple II

    The Apple II was designed Steve Wozniakone. It is one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products
  • HP-150

    The HP-150 was one of the worlds first touchscreen computers. It was made by the Hewlett- Packard company.
  • World WIde Web

    Berners-Lee and Belgian computer scientist Robert Cailliau created the World Wide Web. This is the day it was open to the public.
  • Google

    Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. This is the day it was open to the public.
  • YouTube

    YouTube is a video-sharing website.It was created by three former PayPal employees and owned by Google since late 2006
  • Twitter

    Jack Dorsey created Twitter. A social networking program.
  • The First Cell Phone

    The first cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer and executive.This is the day he made the first mobile telephone call.
  • Touchscreen Walls

    Microsoft predicts that the average homes in the future will have giant touchscreens in the next 5-10 years. They vision it to be giant voice command touchscreens the size of walls.
  • Flexible Touchscreens

    New highly sensitive, bendable touch screens have been developed and they may be the future of the mobile user interface. The screen technology is called XSense,
  • Computers of the Future

    Computers in the future could exceed human intellect.Some people believe that computers might even acquire the abilities of replacing human brains. We could even implement robotics.

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