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The Difference Engine
The Difference Engine was introduced in 1822 by Charles Babbage. It was an automatic calculator. -
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The Telegraph
The telegraph was developed by a few inventors and one of the most well known one is Samuel Morse. Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph on May 24th 1844. -
The Telephone
The Telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell and the first phone call ever made was on March 10th 1876. The words that were spoken were "Mr Watson, come here, I want you". -
Nintendo
Nintendo is a Japanese company that originally sold cards. Now it sells game consoles like the DS and the Wii. It wa founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi. -
Philips
Philips is an electronics company that sold radios back when it was just founded. It was founded by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik Philips. -
Xerox
Xerox is an electronics company. It originally sold photographic equipment in the early 20th century. It was founded by Joseph R. Wilson. -
Samsung
Samsung is a Korean electronics company, it was founded on March 1st 1938 by Lee Byung-chul.It produced its own noodles when it was just founded. -
Hewlett - Packard
Hewlett - Packard is an electronics company founded in 1939, the first successful product they made was a machine used to test sound equipment. It was founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard. -
Colossus computer
The Colossus was a computer that was built in World War II, It was used to break German codes. It was invented by Tommy Flowers and Alan Turing. It was considered to be the first computer ever. The Colossus Mark 2 was built a little later and was an improved version of the original Colossus computer. -
Sony
Sony is a Japanese electronics company, it was founded just after World War II, It was founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. Sony built the first tape recorder in Japan. -
LG Corp
LG is a Korean electronics company and it was founded by Koo In-Hwoi. They produced South Korea's first radio. They now sell televisions and phones. -
The Internet
The exact date of the invention of the internet is unknown, but it was invented by ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) it is used to send information quickly between computers around the world. -
Mobile Phone
A mobile phone is a portable telephone. It was invented by Martin Cooper. The Mobile phones at that ime were the size of a brick. -
Microsoft
Microsoft is company that sells computers and computer software. It was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. -
Apple
Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. They built the Apple I computer at home. They now sell iphones, ipads and Macbooks. -
PC
The first successful PC hat was launched on the market was the second Apple product ever launched: The Apple II. It was made by Steve Jobs and Steve Woniak. -
Walkman
The Walkman was a machine that allowed you to listen to music while walking or jogging. It was invented by Sony in 1979. -
Laptop
The first laptop was invented by Adam Osborne, it was called the Osborne I. It was portable but was really heavy. The company it came from was Osborne Computer Corporation but it went bankrupt in 1985. -
Lenovo
Lenovo is an electronics company from China. The founder of Lenovo is Liu Chuan Zhi. The tried to import televisions but they failed. Now they sell touchscreen laptops. -
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system that allows us to go to all the public websites on the internet. It was invented in 1989 by Tim Berners - Lee. -
Playstation
The playstation is a game console from the company Sony, it was introduced in 1994. It consisted of a controller and a console, you connect it to the television and you could play on the television. -
HTC
HTC is an electronics company from Taiwan, it initially manufactured laptops. It now sells touchscreen phones. The founder of HTC is Cher Wang. -
Xbox
The Xbox is a game console from Microsoft, it contains the controller and the console, you plug it in into the television and play on the tv. -
DS
The DS is a handheld game console created by Nintendo. It has two screens and you can play classical Nintendo games like Mario Bros and Mario Kart. -
PSP
PSP is short for Play Station Portable, it is a small version of the Play Station that was released 10 years ago. -
Macbook
The Macbook was the laptop made by Apple in 2006. It was light compared to other laptops and also it was not very big. The Macbook came in 2 colours, black and white. -
Wii
The Wii is a game console created by Nintendo, it has a Wii remote and a game console. You can connect it to the the tv and and play on the tv. You can play Super Mario Bros and other games on the Wii. -
iPhone
The iPhone was the first touchscreen phone on Earth. It had games that you could download and you could text and call people with it. -
iPad
The iPad is a combination of a laptop and a phone. It is basically a tablet. It has everything a phone can do except call people. You can play games and go on the internet on it.
