technology history project

  • The First Traffic Light

    The First Traffic Light
    The first electric traffic light was developed in 1912 by Lester Wire, a policeman in Salt Lake City, Utah, who also used red-green lights. On 5 August 1914, the American Traffic Signal Company installed a traffic signal system on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • ARPANET - first internet

    The U.S department of defense created the first netwok for military purpose . The TCP/IP protocol was created and we still use this prodocol today .
  • LK-3000 'pocket computer'

    LK-3000 'pocket computer'
    sourceThe LK-3000 measures a diminutive 4 by 6.5 inches and is fitted with a small keyboard and display screen. This basic machine has no functionality on its own; instead, it relies on the insertion of cartridges for a processor or other components.
  • IMSAI 8080 System

     IMSAI 8080 System
    The following year, while he was working on a client’s project, he developed a small computing system using the then-new Intel 8080 microprocessor. He realized this computer might attract other buyers and so placed an advertisement in the hobbyist magazine “Popular Electronics,” offering it in kit form.
  • VAX 11/780

    VAX 11/780
    The VAX 11/780 from Digital Equipment Corp. featured the ability to address up to 4.3 gigabytes of virtual memory, providing hundreds of times the capacity of most minicomputers.
  • Compaq Computer

    Compaq Computer
    SourceCompaq Computer Corp. is founded by Rod Canion and other Texas Instruments Incorporated engineers. Compaq is the first company to introduce a clone of the IBM PC (the Compaq Portable in 1983) and become IBMs biggest challenger in the corporate market.
  • Apple Macintosh

    Apple Macintosh
    SourceApple Computer launched the Macintosh, the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphic user interface, with a single $1.5 million commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl. Based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, the Macintosh included many of the Lisa´s features at a much more affordable price: $2,500.
  • Adobe Illustrator

    Adobe Illustrator
    SourceAdobe Illustrator or Illustrator is a vector graphics editing program published by Adobe. It is useful for designing logos, clip art, blueprints, and other precise, resolution-independent illustrations. Illustrator was first released in 1987 for the Apple Macintosh; today it also runs on Microsoft Windows. The current version is Illustrator CC.
  • GameBoy

    GameBoy
    sourceThe Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on April 21, 1989 , in North America on July 31, 1989, and in Europe on September 28, 1990.
  • PS3 (PLAY STATION 3 )

    PS3 (PLAY STATION 3 )
    SourcePlayStation officially abbreviated PS) is a series of video game consoles created and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . The brand was first introduced on December 3, 1994 in Japan with the launch of the original PlayStation console.
  • The Wii

    The Wii
    sourceThe Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others.
  • the connection

    the connection
    Chrysler was one of the first to debut WiFi back in 2008, thanks to Uconnect -- a dynamic infotainment system that turns any of its Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep cars into a mobile hot spot. It has the added bonus of a wide swath of connectivity. The 150-foot range ensures that your high-speed, secured connection lets anyone on your private network access the Internet from up to 50 yards away. This is ideal for firing off a few emails as you're lounging by the pool this summer.
  • EarBuds

    EarBuds
    a more simpler way to hear music