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Computer: The Zuse Z3 Computer
The Z3, an early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse. It was used for aerodynamic calculations but was destroyed in a bombing raid on Berlin in late 1943.
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Robotics: SRI built “Shakey”
Shakey is a mobile robot equipped with a vision system and
controlled by a computer the size of a room.
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Robotics: WAP-1
WAP-1 was the first biped robot, and it was designed by Ichiro Kato. WAP-3 was soon designed and could walk on flat surfaces as well as climb up and down stairs or slopes.
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Robotics: WABOT I
WABOT I was created by Ichiro Kato. It was the first full-scale anthropomorphic robot in the world, and had a system for controlling limbs, vision, and conversation.
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Computer: Apple II
Apple II was sold complete with a main logic board, switching power supply, keyboard, case, manual, game paddles, and cassette tape containing the game Breakout. When it is connected to a color television set, the Apple II produced brilliant color graphics for the time.
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Robotics: The Variante Masha
The Variante Masha is a six-legged walking machine; it was created at the Russian academy of Science.
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Computer Networks: Online Services and BBSs
By 1979, people are subscribing to early online services like MicroNet, or connecting to Bulletin Board Services (BBSs). By 1990 more than two million North Americans will be online for discussion groups, news, chat, e-mail, and more.
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Computer: IBM first PC
The first IBM PC is called the IBM Model 5150, used Microsoft´s MS-DOS operating system. The IBM PC revolutionized business computing.
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Others(Comuper): Osborne 1
The Osborne 1 was the first mass-produced portable computer. Its price was especially attractive as the computer included very useful productivity software worth about $1,500 alone. It featured a 5-inch display, 64 KB of memory, a modem, and two 5.25-inch floppy disk drives.
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Others(Computer): Lisa computer
Lisa is the first commercial personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). And it is an milestone in computing because Microsoft Windows and the Apple Macintosh would soon adopt the GUI as their user interface, making it the new paradigm for personal computing.
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Robotics: The RB5X
Created by the General Robotics Corp., the RB5X was a programmable robot equipped with infrared sensors, remote audio/video transmission, bump sensors, and a voice synthesizer. It had software that could enable it to learn about its environment.
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Computer Networks: The "WorldWideWeb" is born
By Christmas of 1990 Tim Berners-Lee has prototyped “WorldWideWeb” in just three months on an advanced NeXT computer. It features a server, HTML, URLs, and the first browser. That browser also functions as an editor, which reflects his original vision that the Web also incorporate authoring and personal organization tools.
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Robotics: PathFinder by NASA
NASA's PathFinder successfully landed on Mars. PathFinder is a wheeled robotic which designed for sending images and data about Mars back to Earth.
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Robotics: ASIMO
Honda created the Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility (ASIMO). It is intended to be a personal assistant. It recognizes its owner's face, voice, and name. It can also read email and is capable of streaming video from its camera to a PC.
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Robotics: HUBO
KIST (Korean Institute of Science and Technology) created HUBO. This robot is linked to a computer via a high-speed wireless connection.
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