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HP 200A Audio Oscillator
David Packard and Bill Hewlett created the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which was used as a speaker -
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History of Computer Technology
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The Z3
The Z3 was built by Konrad Zuse a German engineer and was used for aerodynamic calculations -
ENIAC
the ENIAC computing system was built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert and was 1000 times faster than the other computers -
Cybernetics
A book is written by Norbert Wiener called Cybernetics and causes a lot of interest into artificial intelligence -
CSIRAC
The CSIRAC was the first computer in Australia and could play a few songs -
Image Scanned on SEAC
The first mage is scanned on the Standards Eastern Automatic Computer (SEAC) -
Card Random Access Memory (CRAM)
CRAM was used for secondary storage and each CRAM deck of 256 cards recorded about 5.5 MB. -
Shakey the Robot
Shakey the Robot was the first robot controlled by artificial intelligence and moved 2 meters/hour -
Model 400 and Model 800
Atari created these two computers. The Model 400 was used as a game console, while the Model 800 was used more as a personal home computer -
Sinclair ZX80
This very small home computer is available in the UK as a kit for £79 or pre-assembled for £99. there were 50,000 units sold in Britain -
VIC 20
Commodore releases the VIC-20 home computer it was less expensive than other computers and was the first computer to sell more than 1 million units. -
Photoshop
Photoshop was created by brothers John and Thomas Knoll. It was an image editing program and the most popular software program published by Adobe Systems -
The Matrix
The Matrix featured cutting edge computer-generated visual effects, and popularized 'bullet-time", which was a camera technique -
Nintendo Wii
The Wii is a game console that opened up a whole new way of gaming -
IPhone X
The IPhone X and IPhone 8 were introduced in 2017 with a face recognition feature