history of computers

Cipher

1605

1605 Francis Bacon devices the cipher that used A's and B's to encode

Pascaline

1642

1642 Blaise Pascal invents the Pascaline, the first adding machine to be produced

Apple computer

1776

1776 Steve Jobs invents the first apple computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc.

arithmometer

1820

1820 produced by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar the arithmometer was the first mass-produced calculator

first computer

1822

1822 Charles Babbage designs the first mechanical computer

Morse code

1835

1835 Samuel Morse invents the Morse code a method of transmitting text information as a series of on and off tones.

tabulating machine

1853

1853 Per George Scheutz invents the tabulating machine, an electromechanical machine designed to summarize information on punch cards.

telephone

1880

1880 Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone called the Photophone http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_telephone_1.html

IBM

1896

1896 Herman Hollerith forms the tabulating machine company which later becomes the IBM.

Remote control

1898

1898 Nikola Tesla invents the remote control, Tesla employed a remote control boat for his demonstration.

radio broadcasting

1906

1906 the first radio broadcast goes on-air

IBM

1911

1911 IBM or International Business Machines is formed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM

toaster

1919

1919 the pop-up toaster is invented by Charles Strite

lie detector

1921

1921 John Larson invents the lie detector

3-D movies

1922

1922 the first 3-D movie is released (had to be seen with glasses that had one green and one red lens) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_film

TV

1927

1927 Philo Taylor farnsworth invents a complete electrinic TV system https://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm

car radio

1929

1929 Paul Galvin invents the car ardio

Stop action photograohy Harold Ed

1931

1931 Harold Edgerton invents stop-action photography

Jet engine

1937

1937 the first jet engine is built

TV

1940

1940 Peter Goldmark invents modern color television system

Microwave

1946

1946 The microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer https://www.thoughtco.com/20th-century-timeline-1992486

IBM PC

1982

1982 low-cost computers are being made and sold all around the world. https://gcn.com/Articles/2007/12/06/25-years--A-technology-timeline.aspx

GPS

1995

1995 the Global Positioning System to GPS becomes fully operational. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s_in_science_and_technology

Apple iPod

2001

2001 first Apple iPod is invented. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod

Toyota Hybrid

2003

2003 Toyota invents the first hybrid car http://listverse.com/2012/01/08/11-tech-and-science-breakthroughs-of-the-2000s/

YouTube

2005

2005 Youtube is invented http://listverse.com/2012/01/08/11-tech-and-science-breakthroughs-of-the-2000s/

iPhone

2007

2007 Apple invents the first iPhone http://listverse.com/2012/01/08/11-tech-and-science-breakthroughs-of-the-2000s/

first Amazon package delivered by drone

2016

2016 Amazon delivers a package using a drone. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/1595986/edit