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The 1940's to 2014 = 75years of technology
The Technology Interprize -
John Vincent Atanasoff
sourceCreated the first real digital computer- it was made in 1937 but didnt get tested till 42. This device was made in iowa untiversity and was also the first machine to use vacum tubes. -
first industrial robot
sourcegerneral motors puts a 4000 lb robot to do the dirty work in there industry -
first commerical satilite
sourcethis allowed further use in phones and data and computers
alos during this same period the casste tape was made -
Arpanet is created
sourceThe first interface message processer is born. it was the worlds first operating packet switching networks. but the first public outview was in 1972 -
first video game
sourcethe first game to be played on the television was "chase". It was created by Ralph Baer who was a pioneer video game creator -
Man walks on moon
sourceapollo 11 was the spacecraft that allowed the walking on the moon, and it was also the name of the great movie. Neil armstrong and buzz aldrin were the two men to walk on the moon -
birth of the VCR
sourcethis device was the dvd of the world for a long long time and it is still used today. it was introduced by the company philips -
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Microsoft is born
source is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services -
apple computers
sourcethe first apple comptuers were incorporated in this time.it also tdesigns, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, online services, and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are thethe iPod media player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. -
The Arcnet is founded
sourceshort for Attached Resource Computer network. it can support up to 256 computers and support a maxium frame size of 516bytes -
GPS
sourceSoviet jets shoot down a civilian Korean Air Lines Flight 007 flying from New York to Seoul and kill all 269 passengers and crew. As a result of this mistake President Ronald Regan orders the U.S. military to make Global Positioning System (GPS) available for civilian use. -
first desktop printer and tetris
sourceThe first desktop laser printer the HP LaserJet is first introduced and so is the game Tetris which was first released in the USSR -
no more arpanet
sourceARPANET is replaced by NSFNET. Short for National Science Foundation Network, NSFNET is a wide-area network started by the (NSF) that went online in 1986 and during the late 1980's and early 1990's was a crucial backbone to ARPANET and the Internet as we know it today. -
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first full animated movie
sourceToy Story was the first movie to be completey computer generated. It was created by pixar snd was a box office hit -
Google is born
source is an American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. And it was also one of the fastest rapid growing search engines -
best selling game
sourceEA realeses sims and it becomes the best selling pc game in history. Sims 1 is a game about life in a game -
Iphone5
sourceThe iphone 5 comes out on the market. It is a phone created by apple and is very popular
