Pioneers of tech

Pioneers of Technology

  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace

    Founded the scientific computer
    Married and became a nobleman
  • John Atanasoff

    John Atanasoff

    Invented the first electronic digital computer
    Child of bulgarian parents
  • George Stibitz

    George Stibitz

    Father of the modern computer
    Raised in Ohio
  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper

    Debugged computer glitches
    One of the first programmers
  • Ralph Baer

    Ralph Baer

    Created the videogame console industry
    First official multiplayer game
  • Jean Bartik

    Jean Bartik

    One of the original programmers of ENIAC
    Has a museum named after her
  • Philip Estridge

    Philip Estridge

    Created original IBM PC
    Died in the Delta Airlines Flight 191 crash
  • Adam Osborne

    Adam Osborne

    Created the first portable microcomputer
    Was raised in India
  • Barbara Liskov

    Barbara Liskov

    Developed programming lamguages
    Was born in California
  • Alan Kay

    Alan Kay

    Alan Kay InterviewCreated the small computers
    Was a professional jazz guitarist
  • Al Alcorn

    Al Alcorn

    Created the game Pong
    Was an Atari employee
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    Steve's LifeCEO of Apple Inc.
    Was adopted
    Died of Cancer in 2011
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates

    Bill Gates BioFounder of Microsoft
    Dropped out of Harvard
  • Linus Torvalds

    Linus Torvalds

    Linus Torvalds BioCreated the program Linux
    From Finland
  • Nolan Bushnell

    Nolan Bushnell

    Nolan's LifeFounded Atari
    Won the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award