Technology History Project

By yohannes_akiel
  • Z3 - first programmable computer

    Z3 - first programmable computer

    It was the first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer. The German Aircraft Research Institute used it to perform statistical analyses of wing flutter.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC

    SourceIt was the first electronic general-purpose computer. It was turing-complete. It was used to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army's Ballistic Research Lab.
  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC

    SourceIt was the first commercial computer and able to pick presidential winners.
  • Flow-Matic

    Flow-Matic

    SourceIt was for the UNIVAC 1 at Remingtn Rand under Grace Hopper during the period from 1955 until 1959. It was desgined by Remington Rand and Grace Hopper.
  • Basic

    Basic

    SourceIt enabled students in fields other than science and mathaamateics to use somputers. It was designed by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz.
  • Arpanet - first internet created

    Arpanet - first internet created

    SourceThe US government made the first network for military purposes. The network was called the Arpanet and eventually it turned to the internet.
  • C++

    C++

    Source It is a general-purpose programming language. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup.
  • Macintosh

    Macintosh

    Source This was the first mass-market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse. The Macintosh was very expensive.
  • Harvard Mark 1

    Harvard Mark 1

    SourceIt was used by the US Navy for gunnery and ballistic calculations.
  • Wi-Fi

    Wi-Fi

    Source It is a wireless local area network. It was developed by Wi-Fi Alliance. The name Wi-Fi stands for Wireless Fidelity.
  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth

    SourceBluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz[4]) from fixed and mobile devices, and building personal area networks (PANs).
  • Java

    Java

    SourceIt is a client server web applications. It was developed by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems.
  • Alice

    Alice

    Source It is a eductational object-oriented programming system. It was designed by Saarland University.
  • Iphone - 1st generation

    Iphone - 1st generation

    Source it was designed by Apple. It was Apple's first smartphone.
  • Google Glass - facial technology

    Google Glass - facial technology

    Source Google Glass is a type of wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD). It was developed by Google X with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format.