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Enigma The Enigma was invented by the Germans in 1918. It was used to create codes by scrambling a plain text message into a ciphered text. It could also decipher thoes messages, too.
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Wikipedia The ENIAC was the first electronic computer invented by the U.S. army during WWII. THe ENIAC cost $500,000 to build and was 1800 square feet.
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SEACSEAC stands for Standards Eastern Automatic Computer and was a first-generation electronic computer. It was able to solve 50 scientific problems and ran 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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SWACThe SWAC stands for Standards Western Automatic Computer. It was unlike other computers because it used CRTs, a different type of memory unit. It was even called the ZEPHYR at one time.
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WikipediaThe UNIVAC I stands for UNIVersal Automatic Computer I. It was created by the same people that created the ENIAC. It was the first computer to be used for business purpouses.
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AVIDACAVIDAC stands for Argonne Version of the Institute's Digital Automatic Computer. It was built by Argonne National Laboratory. It costed $250,000 to make
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MouseThe first computer mouse was named "Computer-Aided Display Control." It was then called a trackball by Ralph Benjamin in 1946. It consisted of a metal ball rolling on two rubber-coated wheels.
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ARPANET InformationThe ARPANET was the first operational network. It was built during the Cold War to communicate information in-between bases and soldiers.
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ALOHAnetALOHAnet was the first operational wireless network. It was created at the University of Hawaii and it used a different type of methom: ALOHA random access.
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OdysseyThe Odyssey was the first video game console ever invented. It was also known as the Brown Box and is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington.
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CamcorderThe earliest camcorders were based on videotape, and recorded analog signals onto videotape cassettes. The camcorder was first made for the use of filming for television broadcasting because it was lighter and was portable.
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WikipediaBluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data. It was created by Ericsson and runs a certain radio wave: 2.4 to 2.485 GHz. When the Bluetooth was first created, it had a standard: IEEE 802.15.1, which now no longer exists.
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PlayStationThe idea of a Playstation was introduced in 1988 when Sony and Nintendo were working together to develop the Super Disc. Only two hundred models of the first Playstation were made. It was designed as a multi-purpose entertainment unit.
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I-Pod The first I-Pod was created so you could have music with you wherever you went. Apple said it presents I-Pod, offering "1,000 songs in your pocket."
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I-Phone The I-Phone was made as a multi-media phone that had the enjoyment of having games, music, and a phone all in one. 270,000 I-Phones were sold in the first 30 hours of being released.
