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CNC (Complex Number Calculator)
CNC (Complex Number Calculator) Designed by George Stiblitz at Bell Telephone Laboratories this was the first example of remote access computing. “1940: Timeline of Computer History: Computer History Museum.” 1940 | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1940/. -
Z3
Z3 and early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse. The Z3 used 2,300 relays and performs floating point binary. The Z3 was destroyed in a Berlin bombing raid on 1943. -
Three Laws Of Robotics
Three laws of robotics were invented by Isaac Asimov in the science fiction short story in a May issue of Astounding Science Fiction. *A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. *A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. * A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. -
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was invented by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and built with the help of his student Clifford Berry the ABC was at the center of a patent dispute related to the invention of the computer, wish was resolved in 1973 when it was shown that ENIAC co-designer John Mauchly who had seen the ABC shortly after it became functional. “1942: Timeline of Computer History: Computer History Museum.” -
The Relay Interpolator
The Relay Interpolator is completed at Bell Laboratories. The US Army commissioned Bell Labs to create an analog type computer to help aim the M-9 gun at their targets. The final product was the Bell Labs Model II and was later used for other things after the war.
“1943: Timeline of Computer History: Computer History Museum.” 1943 | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1943/.
