Tech History by Vanna Choi 9B

Difference Engine

Jul 1, 1821

Difference Engine was invented by Charles Babbage. Difference Engine is the first form of calculator and it was tested in 1821 but failed on test in 1833.

Locomotive Cowcatcher

Sep 15, 1838

Locomotive Cowcatcher is one of the divice of a train which is at the front to defend obstacles from the track that might derail the train, invented by Charles Babbage in the 19th century. In some countries, it is called pilot. A Cow catcher is typically a shallow, V-shaped wedge,
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Vacuum

Jun 8, 1869

Used to suck up dust and dirts usually from floors.
It was first invented by nvented by Ives McGaffey but as it was limited in specific use, it was again invented by not Hubert Cecil Booth in 1901.

Charles Babbage was borned

Oct 18, 1871

Charles Babbage who has invented Difference Engine is called as The grandfather of modern computing.

Nintendo

Apr 21, 1889

Nintendo was invented in Kyoto, Japan, Fusajiro Yamauchi. Nowadays, nintendo is a very famous and well known game player.

Air conditioner

Oct 29, 1902

Air conditional, to cool atmosphere in specific area was fist attemped by Dr. John Gorrie but first made by Willis Carrier.

Tommy Flowers was borned

Dec 22, 1905

Real name as Thomas Harold Flowers has designed Colossus which is the world’s first electronic programmable computer.

Alan Turing was borned

Jun 23, 1912

Alan Turing who is called as Pioneer in Computer and Artificial Intelligence has invented Turning Machine, Enigma machine, THe Bombe...etc. He's full name is Alan Mathison Turing and was homosexual.

Television

Jan 26, 1926

Television was invented by many contributors and rebuilt many times. Fist inventor was John Logie Baird, a scottish engineer.

Enigma Machine

Apr 24, 1936

Enigma Machine was invented by Alan Turing, which is a mechanical device used for encoding and decoding secret messages. During WorldWar II, the Enigma machine was used by the German military to communicate with troops.
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Turning Machine

Jun 26, 1936

Turning machine is the basis of modern computing, invented by Alan Turing. It is the simplest form of computer.

The Bombe

Jan 12, 1939

Alan Turing has invented The Bombe, which is machine for Enigma decryption. With Enigma machine, it was also used during WorldWar II by german military. Function of The Bombe was to discover some of the daily settings of the Enigma machines on the various German military networks.
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Colossus computer

Aug 22, 1939

Tommy Flowers has invented colossuc computer during World War II. Colossus computer is a code breaking machine, which was used to break teleprinter codes during World War II.
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Kevin Warwick

Feb 9, 1954

Kevin Warwick who is a cyborg was borned is a British scientist and professor.

Naver

Jun 24, 1999

Naver is a famous Korean webiste which is used by70% of korean.Naver was launched by ex-Samsung employees.

Facebook

Feb 21, 2004

Facebook ,a social utility that connects people with friends and others was first launched by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes.
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Youtube

Feb 15, 2005

Youtube was published by Steven Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim.Youtube is a very famous website which allows people all around the World to share informations, joy...etc through video.

Twitter

Mar 21, 2006

Twitter was founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. Twitter is a famous website to share ideas, informations...etc with other people.