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First programmable computer. Changed the world
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Develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine, I think everyone was shocked, and it changed the way of thinking.
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Donald Watts Davies joins Alan Turing to build the fastest digital computer in England at the time, the Pilot ACE. I think everyone at this point knows that they can get way further in technology.
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Claude Shannon invents the first machine that plays chess. People will start to be able to make more and more things that are on machines (games, programs)
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NASA is formed. This is very important because NASA is a research facility where they deiscover new things and create new things.
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General Motors makes the first industrial robot, to work in a New Jersey factory. First robot was important because they knew one day they could start making robots more advanced and do human favors/needs, or anything they want to.
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IBM invented the first word processor. People can start typing things, and communicating better, big step in computer history.
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From 1966 to 2005 WebTV was invented, Google was introduced, Paypal was introduced for Paypal, Bill Gates founded/invented the Xbox, and Skype was invente for the world
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Intel introduces the world's first available RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor. People will be able to start running/making software to run on computers.
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Altair produces the first portable computer. This was a huge step, people could now not only travel round with their computers but also use emails which had been invented.