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Technology History Project

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    Technology History

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  • ENIAC-First Compter

    ENIAC-First Compter
    Eniac The ENIAC was the first electronic computer invented by the US Army during WW2. The ENIAC cost about $500,000 to build, and was 1800 square feet.
  • Pilot ACE

    Pilot ACE
    Pilot ACE
    The Pilot ACE had 800 vacums and used mercury delay of its main memory source. This was the fastest British computer at the time, and had a 4096 word-drum.
  • Nikon F

    Nikon F
    Nikon F
    The Nikon F camera was used by many photographers of the Nietnam War. This camera costed $186 US with a 50mm f/2 lens. In 1963, each part of the camera was sold separately, and you could buy different sizes of lenses.
  • Z3 Computer (Reconstructed)

    Z3 Computer (Reconstructed)
    Recomstructed Z3
    The Z3 computer was designed by Konrad Zuse, and was the world's first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer. This computer had a 22-bit word length that operated at a clock frequency of aobut 5-10 Hz. Z3 was completed in Berlin in 1941 and redesigned in 1960.
  • Laser Printing

    Laser Printing
    Xerox
    The Xerox 7000 laser printer was made by Gary Starkweather. The Xerox acheived speeds of 215 pages per minutes, at a resolution of 240 dots per inch. Over 8,000 were sold.
  • Aparent

    Aparent
    First Internet
    The first internet was Aparent, and was created in Menio Park, California. The interent took only 5 years until it was the main forcus for the countries transportation.
  • Kenbak-1

    Kenbak-1
    Kenbak-1
    The Kenbak1 was considered the first personal computer. Only 40 machines were ever built and sold, which were sold for US $750. Due to there not being a microprcessor, this computer ran on TTL chips, which offered 256 bytes of memory.
  • Intel 4004

    Intel 4004
    Intel 4004
    The Intel 4004 had a 4-bit CPU, which was created by INtel Corporation. The first sale of this CPU was in Japan in mid November. This chip was then used in many fighter jets across America.
  • Commodore PET

    Commodore PET
    Commodore PET
    The Commodore PET was the first full-featured computer, and formed the basis for an 8-bit procesor. This computer was so expensive that many people didn't buy it, one chip set cost more than an entire TI calculator. Commodore PET had the first full keyboard and operating system.
  • Windows 1.0

    Windows 1.0
    WindowsWindows 1.0 was the first operating system from Windows, and was created by Gates and Allen. This allowed users to move a mouse and click your way through creens. (Windows)
  • Macintosh Computer

    Macintosh Computer
    Macintosh
    The Macintosh was the first mass-market perosnal computer. The refinished MAC, found the most success in education and desktop publishing.
  • WiFi

    WiFi
    WiFi
    The first WiFi had a unique name of IEEE 802.11b DIrect Sequence. In order to use WiFi, the computer had to be equiped with many different programs. The actual controller of the WiFi was called the 'station.'
  • Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

    Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
    ABC
    The Atanasoff-Berry Computer started the original comstruction in 1937, but do to the many legal disputes, wan't officially completed until 1997. The ABC was designed for a specific purpose, the solution of systems of simultaneous linear equations.
  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth
    BluetoothThe first Bluetooth was formed in the end of 1998, by SIG. During their first 5 years, almost 2 billion memebrs. The first Bluetooth headset had 2.4 GHz, which was compatiable with almost all techonologies at the time.
  • iPhone

    iPhone
    iPhone
    The first iPhone had a operating system of iOS 3. 1. 3. The first iPhone was considered obselute, because no single part of the phone could be replaced. To the date, 6.1 million iPhones have been sold, and over 6.124 iPods.