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1st automatic computing engines.
Invented by Charles Babbage -
Vaccum Tubes
Invented by John Ambrose Fleming -
1st Programmable Computer
Invented by Konrad Zuse -
1st electronic digital computer
Invented by ENIAC -
Transistors
Invented by William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain. -
Artificial intelligence
Invented by John McCarthy -
Integrated circuits
Invented by Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby -
The mouse
Invented by Douglas Engelbart -
Microprocessors
Invented by Federico Faggin, Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Stanley Mazor, and Masatoshi Shima -
The world wide web
Invented by Tim Berners-Lee -
The Iphone
Invented by Steve Jobs and his team at Apple -
REFLECTIONS: Anisha Patel
The most important technology in this timeline is the 1st automatic computing engine, invented by Charles Babbage because it had a profound impact on technology today.