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The Babbage Difference Engine
The Babbage Difference Engine was invented in 1822, and was the first ever computer to be invented by Charles Babbage. The computer weighed 700 pounds. -
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The Analytical Engine
This computer was invented by Charles Babbage's son, Henry Babbage. The computer was made to do basic calculations. It looked very similiar to the The Babbage Difference Engine. -
Iron Lung
The point of the iron lung is to maintain respiration, pulling air into and out of the lungs by changing the pressure. -
Magnetic Tape
The point of magnetic tape was to hold audio storage. -
Helicopter
This was the first practical helicopter. The helicopter had a main rotor and tail rotor. -
Jet Engine
The first jet engine to come out was designed in Germany. Hans von Ohain was the person to invent the engine. -
The Colossus
The point of this computer was to decrypt coded German messages during WW2. The computer was able to process 5,000 characters per second -
Microwave
The first microwave came out in 1946. Microwaves were only mainly in restaurants due to their high price and size. -
The Whirlwind
The Whirlwind was the first computer that had a video display -
Hovercraft
In 1959, the first hovercraft came out. The hovercraft was way bigger back then than they would be now. -
LED
The first LED came out in 1962. -
The Honeywell 200
The point of this computer was to compete with IBM computers, because they were popular at the time. -
The Datapoint 2200
This was one of the first computers to be a personal computer for people. -
Arcade
The first arcade game came out during this year. The name of the game was Computer Space -
Compact Disc
In 1982, the compact disc came out. The disc was called the Sony CDP-101. -
Macintosh
This was the first personal computer to have a mouse and graphical user interface. -
Windows 95 computer
The Windows 95 was a computer that many families had, one million were sold in 4 days. -
iMac
In 1998, the iMac was invented. The iMac is still being made in new models today. The model in 1998 cost $1300. -
Microsoft Windows XP
This computer cost $319 when it was invented in 2001 -
Macbook Pro
This was the first Macbook. The computer was 15 inches, and it was black and white. -
iPad
The first ever iPad came out in 2010 costing $500. The iPad only had 16 GB, and it costed more for 32 GB. -
Chromebook
The first Chromebook came out in 2011. It costed $350 to buy. -
ChatGPT
ChatGPT is an AI that can answer pretty much any question you give it, and ChatGPT can do anything for you, like writing an essay. -
Apple Vision Pro
On February 2, 2024, the Apple Vision Pro came out for $3500 USD, which is around $4700 CAD. The Apple Vision is going to be a big change in technology, because unlike past VR headsets where you have controllers, the Apple VR can track your hand movements without controllers, and you can see everything in your room with the Vision Pro on.