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Konrad Zuse was born on June 22, 1910 in Berlin, Germany.
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Working in his parents' apartment Zuse attempted to create computers.
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Graduated with a degree in civil engineering.
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The Z1 was a floating point binary mechanical calculator with limited programmability.
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The Z2 was a mechanical relay computer that military service ordered Zuse to build by providing him with the necessary resources.
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The German government began funding him through the Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt which used his work for the production of glide bombs.
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The S1 and S2 computing machines were special purpose devices which computed aerodynamic corrections to the wings of radio-controlled flying bombs
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The first programmable computer he created was the Turing-complete Z3 which was programmed-controlled.
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Zuse designed the first high-level programming language called Plankalkul from 1943 to 1945.
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The thesis contained groundbreaking research years ahead of its time, mainly the first high-level programming language.
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This was Zuse's first influence on a US company.
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The Z4 was the world's first commercial digital computer.
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Zuse was granted the award along with George Stibitz who was one of the founders of the first digital computer.
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Zuse suggested that the universe itself is running on a cellular automaton.
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Zuse's book suggested the concept of a computation-based universe.
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While attempting to recreate the Z1, Zuse suffered from a heart attack.
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Zuse died on December 18, 1995 in Hunfeld, Germany due to heart failure.
