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Nintendo
Originally made as a playing card company by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it tried several different niches before deciding on video games in 1970. It is now one of the biggest video game makers in the world. Wikipedia -
Headphones
They were made by Nathaniel Baldwin in his kitchen. He sold them to the U.S. Navy. Wikipedia -
Antannasoff-Berry Computer was invented.
This is the first electronic digital computer. It was at Iowa State University. On October 19, 1973, an US Federal Judge voided the patent for the ENIAC and named Antannasoff the inventor of the electrical digital computer. It used Boolean logic and had no CPU. Computer Hope -
ENIAC
This was the first large scale computer to run at electronic speed. It had run more calculations in a decade then all of man kind had up until that point. It had 18,000 vacuum tubes and some failed every few days.
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ERA 1101
This computer was first sold to the US Navy. It stored 1 million bits in its magnetic drum. Computer History -
NEAC 2203
This computer was sold only in Japan. It managed Japans first reservation system at Kinki Nippon Railways. It could process alphabetic and Japanese kana characters.Computer History -
ARPANET
ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency and was the first computer network. It was created for military purposes by the DOD and used the TCP/IP protocol.
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Invention of the Ethernet
It was developed at Xerox PARC. It was inspired by ALOHAnet. By the early 1990's it had become so prevailent that most computers needed it to run. Wikipedia -
Apple
This is an international, multi-million dollar company. They are the second-largest phone making company in the world. They became the first U.S. company to be valued at over $700 billion. Wikipedia -
First Laptop
Adam Osborne in vented it. The Osborne 1 is what it was called. It came with $1,500 worth of programs installed. IndiaTimes -
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Motorola StarTAC
This was one of the first mobile phone to gain widespread consumer adoption.It could send SMS messages. Wikipedia -
Bluetooth
This is the technology for connecting things wirelessly. Usually used for things with minimal connection. Wikipedia -
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Most Recent Intel-Powered Laptop
The Dell Inspirion is the most recent intel powered laptop. It costs about $1,350. It has 16GB memory and a 512GB capacity.
