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Technology History Project

By Cynthia_T

  • ENIAC- First Computer Ever Made

    ENIAC- First Computer Ever Made
    SourceThis computer was invented by J.Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the Univertisy of Pennsylvania. They began making it in 1943 and was completed until 1946.

  • First Finger-driven Touchscreen

    First Finger-driven Touchscreen
    SourceHistorians consider the first touchscreen to be invented by E.A Johnson in 1965. He then described his work in an article, the piece featured a diagram describing a type of touchscreen machanism that smartphone use now a days.

  • Brown Box - First working video game console

    Brown Box - First working video game console
    SourceThe Brown box was a bulky rectangular brown box with two attached controllers, invented by Ralph H. Baer . This console only had six simple games, pinp-pong, tennis, handball, volleyball, chase games, and a light-gun game.

  • ARPANET- First Internet

    ARPANET- First Internet
    SourceThe U.S Department of Defence created the first network for military purpose.The TCP/IP protocol was created and we still use this protocol today.

  • The Apple II

    The Apple II
    SourceIt had instant success when it came out in 1977, it was one of the first computers that was able to project brilliant color graphics. It had many things computers didn't have at the time, and was ready to run right out of the box.

  • First Computer Virus

    First Computer Virus
    SourceElk Cloner, was the first computer virus know to have spread in wild. In 1982 Richard Skrenta at age 15 wrote a virus in the Apple II. It all started as a prank with some friends, the virus then kept spreading til eventually a US Navy had it.

  • Osborne 1- First Laptop

    Osborne 1- First Laptop
    Source The first laptop was produced by Adam Osberne in 1881.The Osborne 1 was released on April 3 1981, it costed about $1,800 and weighed 24 pounds.

  • The Game Boy

    The Game Boy
    Source The screen was only four-colors-of-gray but allowed gamer to play anywhere. This device defined portable gaming and had sold over 150 million systems worldwide.

  • Wi-Fi

    Wi-Fi
    SourceWi-Fi became available to the public in 1991, with the help of the NCR Corporation and AT&T Corporation. Wi-Fi stands for 'Wireless Fidelity" or in simple words "wireless internet".

  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth
    SourceBluetooth was created by Ericsson in 1994. It allows you to share voice, date, music, photos and more. But was originally made as a wirelss alternative to RS-232 data cables.

  • First iMac

    First iMac
    Source Steve jobs introduced the first iMac on May 6 1998, was the first colorful computer. It was the first computer that was not actually beige with a totally new design.

  • First Xbox Console

    First Xbox Console
    SourceThe Xbox was created and owned by microsoft. It was first introduced on November 15, 2001. This also represents games, streming services, and online services which is Xbox Live.

  • First iPad

    First iPad
    SourceThe iPad had been announced on January 27, 2010 by Steve Jobs. Apple also gave the iPad the ability to run iPhone apps and created iPad-specific apps.

  • Microsoft Surface

    Microsoft Surface
    SourceA "laplet" a laptop that can turn to a tablet. The Microsoft Suface was a tablet computer. Was developed and manufactured by Microsoft. Released on October 26, 2012

  • Newest iPhone- iPhone 6s

    Newest iPhone- iPhone 6s
    SourceiPhone 6s is the new Apple's 2015 lineup, with an IOS 9, lowest capacity is 16GB and highest being 128GB. Was introduced on September 9 2015 in San Francisco.