Timeline of Computers ~ Tanya

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  • Jan 1, 1300

    ~Abacus~

    ~Abacus~
    The abacus is used to preform mathematical functions especially using a large sum of numbers. It was firstused in China in the 1300's

  • ~DIfference Engine~

    ~DIfference Engine~
    1. Designed and partially built during the 1820s and '30s by Charles Babbage. A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. The name derives from the method of divided differences, a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set of polynomial coefficients

  • ~The First Phone~

    ~The First Phone~
    Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell entered into a famous legal battle over the invention of the telephone, which as most people know, Bell won.
    The phone was created to contact people, mostly overseas.

  • ~Kodak Camera~

    ~Kodak Camera~
    The use of photographic film was pioneered by George Eastman, who started manufacturing paper film in 1885 before switching to celluloid in 1889. The history of the camera can be traced much further back than the introduction of photography.

  • ~First Elecronical Calculator~

    ~First Elecronical Calculator~
    Willhelm Schickard invented the "Calculating Clock", the first mechanical calculator. It used a version of Napier's bones for multiplication with a mechanical adding/subtracting calculator based on gears, with mutilated gears for carry. Blaise Pascal started to develop a mechanical calculator - the Pascaline

  • ~Arcade game - Atari Pong ~

    ~Arcade game - Atari Pong ~
    Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games and the very first sports arcade video game. It is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics.

  • ~Sony Walkman~

    ~Sony Walkman~
    A 14 ounce, blue-and-silver, portable cassette player with chunky buttons, headphones and a leather case. It even had a second earphone jack so that two people could listen in at once.

  • ~iPhone 3G~

    ~iPhone 3G~
    Finally a phone comes that's decent, can actually run fast, and has a great interface!! And it has the best compatibility with Wi-Fi of all the mobile devices. It has an accelerator sensor; a great memory (you can watch movies, whenever and wherever, on a crystal screen); and, it has bluetooth. The phone's lack of buttons means it has a decent screen! The iPhone is almost like an ofiice in a phone. It includes many facilities like the mail,safari for you to surf the net, apps and many more!