CIS105 Technology Use Progression

By janetranluu

  • First camera phone introduced

    First camera phone introduced
    Japan's SoftBank introduces the first camera phone, the J-Phone J-SH04; a Sharp-manufactured digital phone with integrated camera. The camera had a maximum resolution of 0.11 megapixels a 256-color display, and photos could be shared wirelessly. The J-Phone line would quickly expand, releasing a flip-phone version just a month later. Cameras would become a significant part of most phones within a year, and several countries have even passed laws regulating their use.

  • Earth Simulator is world's fastest supercomputer

    Earth Simulator is world's fastest supercomputer
    Developed by the Japanese government to create global climate models, the Earth Simulator is a massively parallel, vector-based system that costs nearly 60 billion yen (roughly $600 million at the time). A consortium of aerospace, energy, and marine science agencies undertook the project, and the system was built by NEC around their SX-6 architecture. To protect it from earthquakes, the building housing it was built using a seismic isolation system that used rubber supports.

  • Columbia Supercomputer system made up of SGI Altix NASA Ames Research Center supercomputer Columbia

    Columbia Supercomputer system made up of SGI Altix NASA Ames Research Center supercomputer Columbia
    Named in honor of the space shuttle which broke-up on re-entry, the Columbia supercomputer is an important part of NASA's return to manned spaceflight after the 2003 disaster. Columbia was used in space vehicle analysis, including studying the Columbia disaster, but also in astrophysics, weather and ocean modeling.

  • Raspberry Pi

    Raspberry Pi
    Conceived in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, this credit card-sized computer features ease of use and simplicity making it highly popular with students and hobbyists. In October 2013, the one millionth Raspberry Pi was shipped. Only one month later, another one million Raspberry Pis were delivered. The Pi weighed only 45 grams and initially sold for only $25-$35 U.S. Dollars.

  • University of Michigan Micro Mote

    University of Michigan Micro Mote
    The University of Michigan Micro Mote (M3), also known as the Michigan Micro Mote, was completed in 2015 by a team of electrical and computer engineering professors. The M3 is the world's smallest computer, measuring just over 1 cubic millimeter, or about the size of a grain of rice.