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Charles Babbage an English mechanical engineer and polymath, originated the concept of a programmable computer. He conceptualized and invented the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
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1960s: The first touchscreen. Historians generally consider the first finger-driven touchscreen to have been invented by E.A. Johnson in 1965 at the Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern, United Kingdom.Apr 4, 2013 //www.google.com/search?q=when+was+the+first+computer+invented&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=596&bih=810&site=webhp&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4_eCTpe7OAhVCKyYKHZiZAu8Q_AUIBygA&dpr=1#safe=strict&q=when+was+the+first+touch+screen+laptop+invented
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Micral N was the earliest commercial, non-kit microcomputer based on a microprocessor, the Intel 8008. It was built starting in 1972 and about 90,000 units were sold. //www.google.com/search?q=when+was+the+first+computer+invented&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=596&bih=810&site=webhp&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4_eCTpe7OAhVCKyYKHZiZAu8Q_AUIBygA&dpr=1
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The Osborne 1, released in 1981, used the Zilog Z80 and weighed 23.6 pounds (10.7 kg). It had no battery, a 5 in (13 cm) CRT screen, and dual 5.25 in (13.3 cm) single-density floppy drives. In the same year the first laptop-sized portable computer, the Epson HX-20, was announced.
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