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Pilot ACE
In 1947, Donald Watts Davies joins Alan Turing to build the fastest digital computer in England at the time, called Pilot ACE. The ACE was useful because it was able to perform floating point arithemetic necessary for scientific calculations. The pilot ACE used roughly 800 vacuum tubes. -
Harvard-MARK III
The Harvard-MARK III, also known as the ADEC (Aiken Dahlgren Electronic Calculator) was an early computer that was partially electomachanical and partially eletronic. It was built by Howard Aiken at Harvard University. Aiken bragged that the Mark III was the fastest eletronic computer in the world. -
IBM 701
IBM 701 was the first large-scale eletronic computer produced in quantity. It was known as the "Defense Computer." -
FORTRAN Computer Programming Language
John Backus and IBM develop the FORTRAN Computer Programming Language. Fortran is a general, imperative programming language that is mainly for numeric computatuion and scientific computing. -
Transistor Computer
In 1955, Bell Labs introduces its first transistor computer. Transistors were smaller, faster and created less heat than regular vacuum tubes, that made those computers more efficient and dependable. -
Silicon Chip
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit was a set of electronic circuits on one small plate of semiconductor material, usually silicon. They were very small. -
Unimate
In 1961, a New Jersey factory puts the first robot, named Unimate, to work. It was an automated mold that dropped hot door handles and other car parts into pools of cooling liquid. -
First Computer Game
Spacewar Computer Game was invented by Steve Russell and MIT. It took about 200 man-hours to write the first version of Spacewar. -
The Computer Mouse
Douglas Engelbart patents and invents the first computer mouse. It was named the mouse because the "tail" came out of the end. -
Word Processor
In 1964 the first word processor was introduced by IBM. With this word processor you could edit without having to retype the whole text. -
Floppy Disk
IBM created the first floppy disk. More than 5 billion were sold each year when it peaked in the 1990s. -
E-mail
Ray Tomlinson invented email. E-mail allowed people to send messages to another person across the network. -
Google Glass
With Google Glass you are able to view social media feeds, google maps, text, take photos, and also use GPS. Google Glass will allow you to do the things you would be able to with your smartphone, but in glasses form. -
Oculus Rift
Virtual gaming is now a thing in the form of Oculus Rift. The 3D headset lets you mentally feel that you are inside of a video game. -
Eye Tribe
Eye Tribe allows you to control your tablet with just your eyes. It takes the common eye tracking technology and combines it with a front facing camera.
