Evolution of a Computer Timeline

The First Invention of the basic computer

Jun 14, 1822

English mathematician, Charles Babbage, attempted to make a steam powered computer. He wanted to avoid human error in calculation and to avoid the untidiness of the calculations.This project was funded by the English government. This machine was called the "difference engine" and was capable of calculating polynomials.
http://www.charlesbabbage.net/

Decrypting with Computers

Oct 5, 1936

Alan Turing was a British conceived a hypothetical machine that could process any algorithm. He called this machine the Turning Machine. It consisted of four operations: move left one square, move right one square, print and change state. This lead to basic concept of the modern computor
http://www.rutherfordjournal.org/article040101.html

Simplifying computers

Oct 5, 1937

J.V. Atanasoff was a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa state university. He had many experiments with electronics, radio signals and vacuum tubes. He attempted to make a computer without any gears, cams, belts, or shafts. He is also known as the father of the computer. http://www.columbia.edu/~td2177/JVAtanasoff/JVAtanasoff.html

ENIAC

Oct 5, 1946

Physicist John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert Jr created arguably the first fully electronic computer. THey created it to speed up the time it took to calculate mathmatical equations. This machine contanined 17,500 vaccume tubes. Today only about ten percent of the computer exist in the basement where it was made.
http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/eniac.htm

Makeing Computers more Accessible

Oct 10, 1964

Douglas Engelbart reveals the protoype for a computer. This computer has a mouse and a GUI (grafical user interface). This is a major jump from specialized computers to computers that are more accecible for the general public.
http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html

PC Kits

Jan 10, 1975

A magazine called Popular Electronics show off the Altair 8080 and described it as "world's first minicomputer kit to rival commercial models." It was made by Paul Allen and Bill Gates who would later go on to create microsoft.
http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html

A legend is Born

Apr 1, 1976

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak start Apple Computers on april 1, 1976. Soon later they release the Apple I. This computer was the first to offer a single circit board. Apple is to this day a dominant power of the computer industry.
http://www.livescience.com/20718-computer-history.html