The Impact of ICT

By jamesthompson10

  • The First Programmable Computer

    The first programmable computer was made by Charles Babbage. It was the first mechanical computer and used switches and values in stead of eletricity, which was used in later years.
    In 1822 Babbage was fed up with the ceaseless labour and monotony of calculation required for scientific tables. Babbage pitched his idea of a machine that could end the use of mental calculation forever to The Royal Society who persuaded the British Government to fund Babbage's idea with a sum of £1500.

  • The First Programmable Computer part 2

    Babbage thought his mechanical marval would be completed within 3 years, however it proved to be a lot harder than he suspected.
    http://www.kerryr.net/pioneers/babbage.htm
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    The First Programmable Computer

    Babbage spent these 10 years attempting the improve his computer.

  • The First Programmable Computer part3

    Babbage spent the next 10 years modifying and improving his prototype and re-designing the computer, and so the British Government gave him a further funding of £17,000. However in the end funding was withdrawn and Babbge was forced to give up his idea and dream.
    http://www.kerryr.net/pioneers/babbage.htm

  • The First Car Navigation

    The first car navigation device was the Inter Avto which was a moving map navigation device that used maps on rolls of paper.

  • Morgan Freeman was Born

    A brilliant day, in the eyes of man.

  • The First Automated Booking System (Electromechanical Reservisor)

    American Airlines was the first company to use an electronic booking system, called Electromechanical Reservisor which comprised of tempory storage of Magnectic Drums.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_booking_engine

  • The First Computer Game

    There have been many arguments over what the first videa game is, but the earilest recorded one is the "Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device" invented by Thomas T.Goldsmith JR and Estle Ray Mann. The game was inspired by World War 2 radars. The aim of this game was to control missiles in order to hit targets.
    It was created by connecting a cathode ray tube oscilloscope and devising knobs which can follow the light traces which acted as the missiles.
    http://classicgames.about.com/od/classicvideogame

  • First Game Console

    Ralph Baer created what he decribed as an interative TV game in 1951. It consisted of two player controlled dots chasing eachother around the screen, Later he was given funding and created a ping pong game.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(first_generation)

  • The First Commerially Used Computer

    The LEO I (Lyons Electronic Office I) was the first computer used for business. In 1954 LEO Computers Lt was created to market the computer.

  • First Mobile Phone Made

    Marty Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, invented the mobile phone.
    The first comercial mobile phone was released in 1983.

  • The PNC is Launched

    The Police National Computer (PNC) is a computer system used extensively by law enforcement organisations across the United Kingdom.
    It went live in 1974 and now consists of several databases available 24 hours a day, giving access to information of national and local significance.

  • Microsoft Launched

    Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, the world largest software seller and one of the world's most valuable companies. In the mid 1980s Microsoft dominated the PC market.
    As of 2013 Microsoft is dominant in the PC market and the office suite markets. Mircrosoft has bought a range of companies including Skype, which was bought for $8.6billion. Microsoft has also created the massively popular game consoles xbox and xbox 360.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft

  • First Digital Camera Invented

    Steven Sasson of Kodak Eastman invented the first digital camera in 1975 using a charge-coupled device image sensor.

  • Apple Launched

    Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. It is now the world's second largest information technology company after Samsung Electronics and is the thrid largest mobile phone maker after Samsung and Nokia.
    Apple maintains 394 retail stores in 14 countries.

  • First CGI Character

    The first entirely CGI created character for the film Looker.

  • Sega Mega Drive Released

    The sega mega drive (otherwise known as Sega Genesis in the USA) was Sega's largests selling game console and was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System's majer competer, a battle that would dominate the 16-bit era of game consoles.
    Licensed 3rd party variations to the Mega Drive are still being produced and some indie-game developers still create games for the console.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis

  • Fifa Released TO BE COMPLETED

    Fifa Soccer, then known as Fifa 94.

  • First Animated Film

    Toy Story was released, the first fully computer animated film.

  • The First Social Networking Site

    SixDegrees.com allowed users to create profiles, list their Friends and, beginning in 1998, surf the Friends lists. Each of these features existed in some form before SixDegrees, of course. Profiles existed on most major dating sites and many community sites. AIM and ICQ buddy lists supported lists of Friends, although those Friends were not visible to others. Classmates.com allowed people to affiliate with their high school or college and surf the network for others who were also affiliated, bu

  • The Data Protection Act Introduced

    The Data Protection Act (DPA) is a law designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system.
    The 1998 Data Protection Act was passed by Parliament to control the way information is handled and to give legal rights to people who have information stored about them.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/legal/0dataprotectionactrev1.shtml

  • James Thompson was Born

    This day James Thompson was born, a great time for us all.

  • The First Blackberry

    The first Blackberry device was released giving access to secure real-time emails.

  • The First Smartphone

    The first Symbian phone, the touchscreen Ericsson R380 Smartphone, was released in 2000. And was the first device to be marketed as a 'smartphone'

  • The First Ipod Released

  • MySpace Released

    Myspace was founded in 2003 and was acquired by News Corporation in July 2005 for $580 million. From 2005 until early 2008, Myspace was the most visited social networking site in the world, and in June 2006 surpassed Google as the most visited website in the United States.
    In April 2008, Myspace was overtaken by Facebook in the number of unique worldwide visitors.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

  • Call of Duty Released

    The soon-to-be giant game series was released in 2003 by Activision and Infinity Ward.

  • Facebook Released

    Facebook released.

  • Tumblr founded

    David Karp founed Tumblr on the 29th January, 2007.

  • BBC Iplayer Released

  • Angry Birds founded

    The game was inspired by a sketch of wingless birds that were stylized and there are over 12 million copies, which have been sold ever since the release.

  • First Ipad Released

  • Instagram founded

    Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and launched in October 2010.

  • 4OD released

  • Facebook reaches 1 billion users

  • Xbox 720 Release Date

  • Iphone Released

    The first generation of Iphone was released.

  • PS4 Released

  • Robotic Surgeons

    South Korean Government predicted that by 2018 robots will routinly carry out surgery.