Technology History Project

  • Gramophone - The First equipment to record voice

    Gramophone - The First equipment to record voice
    SourceThe phonograph is a device invented in 1877 for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.The sound vibration waveforms are recorded as corresponding physical deviations of a spiral groove engraved, etched or impressed into the surface of a rotating cylinder or disc.
  • ENIAC - The first computer

    ENIAC - The first computer
    SourceElectronic Numerical Integrator And Computer was the first electronic general-purpose computer. It was Turing-complete, digital, and capable of being reprogrammed to solve maths problems. In addition, its first programs included a study of the feasibility of the hydrogen bomb.
  • EDVAC - one of the earliest electronic computers

    EDVAC - one of the earliest electronic computers
    SourceUnlike its predecessor the ENIAC, it was binary rather than decimal, and was a stored program computer. By 1960 EDVAC was running over 20 hours a day with error-free run time averaging eight hours. EDVAC ran until 1961 when it was replaced by BRLESC. During its operational life it proved to be reliable and productive for its time.
  • IBM 7090 - The first Transistor computer

    IBM 7090 - The first Transistor computer
    SourceThe IBM 7090 was a second-generation transistorized version computers and was designed for "large-scale scientific and technological applications". Its ram is 32K and users' data was switched between ram and drum memory.
  • Simula - the first object-oriented programming language

    Simula - the first object-oriented programming language
    Source Simula is a name for two simulation programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the 1960s. It introduced objects,classes,inheritance and subclasses,virtual procedures,coroutines,and discrete event simulation,and features garbage collection.
  • Pascal - An Imperative and Structured language

    Pascal - An Imperative and Structured language
    Source Pascal is a historically influential imperative and procedural programming language, designed in 1968–1969.It encourages good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring.
  • Arpanet - First Internet Invented

    Arpanet - First Internet Invented
    SourceThe Arpanet was the first network and was developed by U.S. Department of Defense. The network eventually turned into today's Intrnet and used TCP/IP protocol, whcih we still use today.
  • C - A general and easy programming language

    C - A general and easy programming language
    SourceC is an imperative language.C is useful for many applications that have formerly been coded in assembly language, such as in system programming.
  • Dyna TAC - the First mobile phone

    Dyna TAC - the First mobile phone
    SourceDynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola, Inc. from 1984 to 1994. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X commercial portable cellular phone received approval from the U.S. FCC on September 21, 1983. A full charge took roughly 10 hours, and it offered 30 minutes of talk time. It also offered an LED display for dialing or recall of one of 30 phone numbers.
  • OSI Model - Second Internet

    OSI Model - Second Internet
    Source OSI Model is the second internet system which is developed by Charlie Bachman. It was to define a unifying standard for the architecture of networking systems.
  • C++ - the better vision of C

    C++ - the better vision of C
    SourceC++ is a geberal-purpose programming language. It is designed with a bias toward system programming and embedded, resource-constrained and large systems. It has also been found useful in many other contexts, with key strengths being software infrastructure and resource-constrained applications.
  • MacintoshPortable - The First laptop

    MacintoshPortable - The First laptop
    SourceIt's the first labtop with a lot of excited critics. It featured a fast, sharp, and expensive black and white active matrix LCD screen in a hinged design that covered the keyboard when the machine was not in use. The Portable was one of the early consumer laptops to employ an active matrix panel.
  • Java - promote the development of web

    Java - promote the development of web
    SourceJava is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented. It's also an app for web browser.
  • MSN MESSENGER - A kind of communication software

    MSN MESSENGER - A kind of communication software
    SourceWindows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) is a discontinued instant messaging client developed by Microsoft for Windows, Xbox 360, Blackberry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x, and Zune HD. In 2013, Windows Live Messenger was discontinued and Microsoft began ceasing service to existing clients. Exceptionally, the service in China remained active 18 months longer, being announced to cease operations on October 31, 2014.
  • iMac - one of the best modern computers

    iMac - one of the best modern computers
    SourceThe iMac is a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers designed and built by Apple Inc. Its edge thickness is 5.9mm (but the same maximum depth). It also includes a dual microphone setup, and includes solid-state drive (SSD) or hard disk storage, or an Apple Fusion Drive, a hybrid of solid state and hard disk drives.