Technology History Timeline

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  • The Number Calculator

    The Number Calculator
    Build on a kitchen table,n George Stibitz created a relay-based calculator, named the model K. This was able to perform claculations on complex numbers. In 1940, he appeared at the AMS(American Mathematical Society) conference at a local college, and performed calculations remotely on the CNC in New York City. This was the first major demonstration of remote access computing..
  • Project Whirlwind

    Project Whirlwind
    Began in 1943 at MIT as a flight simulator for the US Navy's bombing crew training. Since the Navy was not interested in such project,by the time it was finished, the Air Force came up. This led to the Navy's SAGE system.
  • ENIAC introduced.

    ENIAC introduced.
    During WW2, the US army, carried a military secret project, carried out by John Mauchly, 32 years old at that time. ENIAC stands for Electronic and Numerical Integrator and Computer.this was the fisrt electronic general purpose computer ever made. It's main purpose was to solve large numerical problems.
  • Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator

    Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator
    The SSEC, was the first operating computer in the US, to use both, electronic computation and stored instructions, and was also the first, to run stored programs. With measures between 25 ft by 40 ft, the SSEC made more than 40 multiplication per minute, a reality. NASA used moon-position tables, based on the ones, made and generated, by the SSEC, for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
  • Development of the "SAGE"

    Development of the "SAGE"
    SAGE stands for Semi- Automatic Ground Environment. Developed by NORAD, it's main purpose was to intercept, and track enemy aircrafts. It's considered historical because it was the 1st large scale computer network communication network, during it's time, which led to further innovations in real time computing, including interactive and online systems.
  • ARPANET Invented

    ARPANET Invented
    ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network and was the first computer network,created for military purposes by the DOD and Used the TCP/IP protocol.
  • Touch Screen Computers invented

    Touch Screen Computers invented
    Computers become more hands free, and interactive, by DR.G Samuel Hurst invents the first resistive touchscreen, by accident.
  • XEROX Alto is created

    XEROX Alto is created
    XEROX was first produced by the Palo Alto research center. This "computer" featured a mouse, and was the first computer to use a metaphor of a desktop,which was an innovation during 1974. It was never sold commercially, however XEROX donated a number of them to universities and many tools were incorporated into workstations and PC's.
  • Macintosh PowerBook: A success story

    Macintosh PowerBook: A success story
    PowerBooks were first introduced by Apple. Powerbooks came in three distinctive models: PowerBook 100, PowerBook 140, and PowerBook 170. This Computer, were one of a kind, because they used an internal SCSI harddrive and was able to read and write standard MS-DOS 1.44MB floppy disks.The PowerBooks made an impact, and that reflected on their great success, selling over 100,000 in the first three months alone, and sales in excess of $1 billion in the first year.
  • Data on a stick?

    Data on a stick?
    USB Flash drive is invented by Ajay V. Bhatt. USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. it is the most popular connection used to connect a computer to devices such as cameras, scanners, etc. Supported by most major operating systems.
  • Bluetooth invented

    Bluetooth invented
    Bluetooth was invented during the 1990's, by engineers at Ericsson. Now-a-days, operating on the industrial, scientific and medical field, Bluetooth allows secure connections between devices, using radio signals. Also used to sync personal devices.
  • WI-FI

    WI-FI
    This revolutionary invention, allowed anyone with a phone or a cpu/laptop to connect to the internet without the necessity of having an Ethernet cable to connect to the internet. Because of such event, you have the option to be anywhere with an internet connection and be able to connect your phone or laptop to it, no Ethernet cables attached.
  • MacBook

    MacBook
    This new Mac book, is one
    of the lightest and most compact laptops, ever made in human kind. It has sixth-generation Intel Processors, improved graphics performance, faster flash storage, and up to 10 hours of battery life. Up to 110 GB of storage space.
  • Iphone is inveted and sold

    Iphone is inveted and sold
    The first generation of Iphone was released on June. Named the Iphone 1G is a smartphone that was sold and made by Apple Inc. This was clearly, the first generation of Iphone.
  • Newest Iphone invented

    Newest Iphone invented
    New water resistant, longest battery life, new camera system, brightest and most colorful graphic display Iphone.