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The First Modern Computer
The first Electromechanical computer was built in Germany by Konrad Zuse in 1936. The computer was the first functional programable computer. -
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Sources
https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musks-secretive-brain-tech-company-debuts-a-sophisticated-neural-implant1/
https://www.computerhope.com/history/
https://www.hansonrobotics.com/
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First Electronic Programable Computer
The first electronic computer was designed by Tommy Flowers in 1943. It was called the Colossus and used to break German coded messages in WWII. -
First Stored Program in a Computer
The first stored program on a computer was developed for the SSEM in 1948. The computer was designed by Fredric Williams and built by Tom Kilburn. The program was used to find the highest possible integer for a number. -
First Commercial Computer
The first commercial computer was developed by Konrad Zuse in 1942. It was called the Z4 and sold to the Swiss Fedral Institute of Technology Zurich on July 12 1950. -
The First Transistor Computer
The first computer to use transistors was an experiment by MIT. The TX-0 was used for many different experiments because it was faster and more reliable. -
Coding language invented
The coding language FORTRAN was first created for the IBM 704. This system uses phrases similar to English. Because it was so efficient, it is still in use today. -
First Online Community
The first online community was called Timeshare and was essentially a bunch of repurposed teleprinters connected to a central hub. Timeshare was the first to pioneer many features of later networks. -
Intels First microprocessor
The Intel 4004 was the first microprocessor built for a calculator company. It could produce 90000 operations in a second. It was built by Fedrico Faggin and built by Tedd Hoff. -
The First Workstation Computer
The first workstation computer was developed by Xerox in 1974. It was the one of the first computers that resemble modern computers with a working mouse, menus, icons and windows. -
Cray-1 Supercomputer
The Cray-1 was the fastest computer of its time Its C-shape minimized wire lengths making it a faster computer. It was built by Seymore Cray and use for mainly government simulations as it cost 10,000,000 dollars. -
Apple 1 Revealed
In 1976 the Apple 1 was revealed to the Home Brew Computer Club.
It was developed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak it had 8 kb of storage and cost 666.66 dollars. -
First Personal Computer with a GUI
The Apple Lisa is the first personal computer to have a working GUI. Many other computers adopted this idea in the earier stages such as Microsoft and Xerox. -
Quantum Computing
The first commercial quantum computer was revealed in January by IBM. This is the first quantum computer to function outside of a lab. -
AI begins to be Humanlike
In 2030 AI will be almost entirely humanlike. Some that have been closest are the Sophia robot by Hanson robotics -
Brain Implants
Brain implants to control computers are still a ways off but Elon Musk has started to develop a chip to be implanted into the brain. This chip is facing problems with the FDA, and the problem that the brain moves every hearbeat.
