Computing History

By llee1
  • Feb 10, 1000

    Abacus

    Abacus
    The abacus was invented by Egytians and modified by the chinese used to add and subtract by hand.
    1000BC - 500BC
  • Jan 6, 1039

    Beginning of Robot

    Beginning of Robot
    Ctesibius, Philo, Heron, and others invented the robot.
    Descriptions of over a hundred machines and automata, including a fire engine, wind organ, coin-operated machine, and steam-powered aeliopile, in Pneumatica and Automata by Heron
  • Apr 25, 1206

    Robot band

    Robot band
    Al-Jazari invented this robot.
    Early programmable automata.
  • Oct 11, 1495

    Mechanical knight

    Mechanical knight
    Leonardo da Vinci invented this robot.
    Designs for a humanoid robot.
  • Blaise Pascal birth

    Blaise Pascal birth
    Blaise Pascal is a Freanch mathematics genius who invented the first calculating machine with the 8 rotating gears and wheels. On Aug.19, 1662- He died.
  • Pascaline

    Pascaline
    Pascaline is a pascal's calculator which invented in 1642.
  • Leibniz Calculator

    Leibniz Calculator
    Leibniz Calculator is idesigned by Blaise pascal in 1646.
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leidniz

    Gottfried Wilhelm Leidniz
    He is a German philospher, historian, and scientist who developed a calculator (add, subtract, multiply, and divide). On Nov.14, 1716- He died
  • Digesting Duck

    Digesting Duck
    Invented by Jacques de Vaucanson.
    Mechanical duck that was able to eat, flap it's wings and excrete.
  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage
    Charles Babbage lived in London and England. He is the inventor and mathematician who is the grandfather of computing designs the first general purpose of computer. On Oct.18, 1871- He died.
  • Agusta Ada Lovelace

    Agusta Ada Lovelace
    Agusta Ada Lovelace is a splendid mathematician from London and England. She is the first computer programmer who created a program for the analytical Engine. On Nov.27, 1852- She died in her age 36.
  • karakuri toys

    karakuri toys
    Invented by Hisashige tanaka.
    Japanese mechanical toys that served tea, fired arrows and painted.
  • Herman Hollerith

    Herman Hollerith
    Herman Hollerith is engineer and scientist from U.S.A who is the first one to make modern day computer. On Nov.17, 1929
  • Tommy Flowers

    Tommy Flowers
    Tommy Flowers is an engineer from England who designed colossus and he is the world's first programmable electron computer. He helped to solve the German language. On Oct. 28, 1998- He died in his age 92.
  • Alan M.Turing

    Alan M.Turing
    Alan M.Turing is a mathematician, philiosopher and codebreaker from England. He decode secret German messages and predict missile to targets and he is the founder of computer science mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker. On Jun.7, 1954- He died in the age of 41.
  • Universal Robot

    Universal Robot
    First fictional automata called "robots" appear in the play R.U.R.
    Invented by Karel Capek.
  • Eric

    Eric
    This robot is based on a suit of armor with electrical actuators.
    Invented by W.H. Richards.
  • Elektro

    Elektro
    controlled humanoid robot exhibited at the 1939 and 1940 World's Fairs
    Invented by Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
  • Vacuum Tube Technology

    Vacuum Tube Technology
    Circuit board block is one of hundreds of blocks that held the 4000 vacuum.
  • Transistors

    Transistors
    2 Transistors = 3 vacuum tubes.
    late 1950's to early 1960's.
  • Steve Wozniak

    Steve Wozniak
    He is an engineer and programmar from U.S.A who co-founder of apple computers in the mid-70s.
  • Tim Berners Lee

    Tim Berners Lee
    He is a physician, professor computer, and scientist from England. He is the inventor of www, and http:// and he is the presidentof the www foundation.
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates
    He is a nerb from U.S.A who started microsoft in 1975.
  • minicomputer and mainframe

    minicomputer and mainframe
    Late 1960's to early 1970's.
    Connects to small computer.
  • Integrated Circuit

    Integrated Circuit
    Late 1960's to early 1970's.
    Many transistors combined together into a very small space, forming on integrated circuit.
  • Microprocessors

    Microprocessors
    Late 1970's to today, until now.
    It's time 100 million of integrated circuit.
  • Famulus

    Famulus
    First robot with six electromechanically driven axes
    Invented by KUKA robotics.
  • PUMA

    PUMA
    Programmable universal manipulation arm, a Unimation product
    and invented by Victor Scheinman