Tech

CIS105 Technology Use Progression

  • The iPad Comes Out

    The iPad Comes Out
    Created by Steve Jobs the founder of Apple Inc.
    The iPad was the first-generation iPad came with a 9.7-inch 1024 x 768 resolution touchscreen display and was powered by Apple's A4 Bionic chip.
    This was the first hand held tablet with such graphics and resolution and changed the way we work and play forever.
  • Tesla Model S

    Tesla Model S
    The flagship model of all Tesla brand cars. These cars were created by designer Franz von Holzhausen and overseen by CEO Elon Musk. These cars became the first electric car to top the monthly new-car-sales ranking in any country. Forever changing the way electric cars are viewed in the world.
  • Netflix Recommendation Engine

    Netflix Recommendation Engine
    Netflix Recommendation Engine (NRE), is made up of algorithms which filter content based on each individual user profile. The engine filters over 3,000 titles at a time using 1,300 recommendation clusters based on user preferences. This was first tested with House of Cards. Headed by Megha Manohara Netflix's Senior Software Engineer, she works on algorithms that use Machine Learning to improve streaming quality at Netflix.
  • Apple Watch Comes Out

    Apple Watch Comes Out
    This watch uses a version of Apple's iOS operating system incorporating the iPhone's monitoring in environmental and health aspects. This watch was created by Kevin Lynch under the CEO Tim Cook. 4.2 million were sold in the second quarter of fiscal 2015,[20][21] and more than 100 million people were estimated to use an Apple Watch as of December 2020.
  • Smallest computer in the World is Built

    Smallest computer in the World is Built
    The University of Michigan Micro Mote (M3) is the name of the Computer, built by David Blaauw, Dennis Sylvester, David Wentzloff, Prabal Dutta and several graduate students. The motes were powered by a tiny battery and could gain light energy through a photocell, which was enough to feed the infinitesimally small amount of energy a mote consumes (1 picowatt).