Technology History Timeline

By hamzeh299
  • water clocks
    240

    water clocks

    [Source](http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV/history.html)270BC an ancient Greek engineer named Ctesibus made organs and water clocks with movable figures.
  • Da vincis Robot
    Sep 19, 1495

    Da vincis Robot

    Source In 1495, Leonardo started work on a robotic suit of arms. This robot was created to model a few human motions such as waving sitting and moving its jaws.
  • Complex Number Calculator (CNC)

    Complex Number Calculator (CNC)

    sourceIn 1939, Bell Telephone Laboratories completed this calculator, designed by researcher George Stibitz.In 1940, Stibitz demonstrated the CNC at an American Mathematical Society conference held at Dartmouth College.
  • Z3

    Z3

    SourceBuilt by german Konrad zuse.Using 2,300 relays, the Z3 used floating point binary arithmetic and had a 22-bit word length.
  • The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

    The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

    [Source](http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?category=cmptr)After successfully demonstrating a proof-of-concept prototype in 1939, Atanasoff received funds to build the full-scale machine. Built at Iowa State College (now University), the ABC was designed and built by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry between 1939 and 1942.
  • CYBERNETICS

    CYBERNETICS

    Source"Cybernetics", an influence on artificial intelligence research was published by Norbert Wiener
  • Worlds First Programable "Arm"

    Worlds First Programable "Arm"

    Source George Devol and Joe Engleberger Invented the first ever programmable "arm".This helped to complete dangerous tasks in factories.
  • UNIMATE

    UNIMATE

    Sourcefirst industrial robot was online in a General Motors automobile factory in New Jersey. It was called UNIMATE.
  • First Computer controlled walking machine

    First Computer controlled walking machine

    SourceMade by Mcgee and Frank. it was made at the University of South Carolina.
  • First Internet - Arpanet

    First Internet - Arpanet

    SourceThe ARPANET was the first internet that connected computers and developed by the U.S Military. The protocol TCP/IP was first developed to commumicate and is still used today.
  • Shakey

    Shakey

    SourceShakey was introduced as the first mobile robot controlled by artificial intellence. It was produced by SRI International.
  • First Email sent

    First Email sent

    [Source](http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?category=net) Ray Tomlinson sent the first email. it was an accident becuase he was trying to do another project when he sent it.
  • Blue Box

    Blue Box

    Sourceallowed people to call for free.steve wozniak sold the boxes in dormitories at the University of California Berkeley where he studied as an undergraduate.
  • Standford Cart

    Standford Cart

    SourceThe Standford Cart crossed a chair-filled room without human assistance. The cart had a tv camera mounted on a rail which took pictures from multiple angles and relayed them to a computer. The computer analyzed the distance between the cart and the obstacles.
  • Number of network hosts

    Number of network hosts

    [Source](http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/network.html)On 1987 # of network hosts reached 1,000. Then on 1992 the number increased to 1 million hosts.