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The first typing device
The first type writer to be commercially successful was made in 1868 by Christopher Sholes, Carlos Gidden, and Samuel Soule. Sholes soon disowned the type writer and refused to use it or tell anyone about it. [Typewriter] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter -
The first headphones
The first headphones were used by telephone operators. It was a single earpiece that was used on the user's shoulders and it weighed 10 pounds.
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The first computer (ENIAC)
ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. It was a secret World War 2 military project carried out by John Mauchly.
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ERA 1101 - First commercially used computer
This was one of the first commercially used computers. It was bought by the U.S. Navy, it was designed by ERA, but built by another company named Remington-Ram.
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Manchester Mark I
The Mark I serves as a prototype for Ferranti's First Computer. The computer used more than 1,300 tubes and was the size of a medium room.
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Early transistorized computer
It was a 48 Bit machine and used 550 diodes and and 92 point contact transistors. It was called the "Manchester TC" and was built by Richard Grimsdale and Douglass Webb.
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Johnniac Computer
One of 17 computers built by the basic design of the IAS computer.
It was named after John von Neumann. It lasted 13 years.
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First mouse
The first mouse was publicly revealed in 1968 by Douglas Engelbart. He made the mouse in 1964 20 years before it would be shipped with the first apple Macintosh. [First mouse] http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/04/inventor-of-the-computer-mouse-dies-at-88 -
ARPANET - First network
ARPANET was the first network created by the U.S. Government by a group called DARPA. First packet switching network that developed into today's modern internet.
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The first laptop
The first laptop's name was the "Osborne 1" used a Zilog Z80 and weighed 23.6 pounds. There was no battery inside the laptop. [First laptop] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop -
The first mobile phone
In 1983 Motorola released their first mobile phone that was named the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. You could talk for 30 minutes, 6 hour standby, and had space for 30 phone numbers. It costed $3995. [Mobile Phone] http://www.knowyourmobile.com/nokia/nokia-3310/19848/history-mobile-phones-1973-2008-handsets-made-it-all-happen -
Wireless Networking
Wireless networking is where companies avoid the cables and make a connection between various equipment instead. It is costly to the company if they use the time to install cables, etc. [Wireless Networking] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_network -
Bluetooth
The standard data exchange over short distances from phones and PANs. It uses UHF radio waves in the ISM band.
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First iPhone
The first iPhone is the first smartphone made by Apple. It if the first generation of the iPhones and was announced to the public January 9, 2007. [First iPhone] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(1st_generation) -
First iPad
The first-generation iPad is a tablet computer made by Apple and is the first iPad in the iPad line. It uses the iOS operating system and can do multiple things a normal computer can do. Send emails, check emails, etc. [First iPad] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(1st_generation)
