HU335-Project-BioNeural

Mechanical Calculator

Jan 1, 1642

Created by Blaise Pascal in the year 1642. This device was capable of performing simple arithmetic. Source

Difference Engine

Jun 14, 1822

Proposed the 14th June 1822 by Charles Babbage in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society. The device would allow for faster compilation of mathematical tables. Source

Ampére’s Law

Jan 1, 1825

The law was published in 1825 and described how a magnetic field is generated by a steady flow a current through a conductor. Source

Electricity/Magnetism Relation

Jan 1, 1831

Michael Faraday determined that a changing magnetic field induces and electric field. Source

Analytical Engine

Jan 1, 1837

Proposed by Charles Babbage in 1837 as a improvment upon his difference engine. It would be capable of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, comparison, and square roots. Source

Arithmometer

Jan 1, 1851

A mechanical calculator which could add and subtract as well as long multiplication and divison. Source

Difference Engine

Jan 1, 1853

A working difference engine was created by Per Georg Scheutz and was presented at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855. Source

Comptometer

Jul 19, 1887

Patented by Dorr E. Felt in 1887 and was the "first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator". The device was manufactured from 1887 all the way to the 1970s. Source

The Millionaire Calculator

Jan 1, 1892

A mechanical calculator first patented in Germany in 1892 by Otto Steiger. This calculator was able to direct perform multiplication. Source

Turing Machine

Jan 1, 1936

Described by Alan Turing in 1936 as a device capable of reading symbols from an infinitely long tape and performing actions dependant on the symbol that was read. Source

Z3

May 12, 1941

Designed by Konrad Zuse, this electromechanical computer which was used to "perform statistical analyses of wing flutter". The computer operated between 5 and 10 Hz and was programmed with punch cards. Source

Colossus

Dec 1, 1943

The fist eletronic, digital, programmable computer. This computer was used to decrypt WWII German messages. Source

ENIAC

Jul 1, 1946

The first general-purpose electronic computer. Artillery fire tables were calculated for the US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory with this computer. Source

Mathematical Theory of Communication

Jul 1, 1948

An article writen by Claude E. Shannon focusing on the encoding and decoding of information. Source

Transistor

Jan 1, 1954

Texas Instruments produces the first silicon transistor, considered by many as one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. Source

Integrated Circuit

Jan 1, 1958

Jack Kilby proves that resistors and capacitor can coexist on the smae piece of semiconductor material ushering in the age on integrated circuits. Source

Apollo Guidance Computer

Aug 1, 1966

This computer provided computation and control for guidance and navigation of the Command and Lunar Modules. It operated at 2.048 MHz and had 2048 words of RAM. Source

Sanyo ICC-0081 Mini Calculator

Jan 1, 1970

Sanyo's first portable calculator. Ran on a 6V rechargable battery and display calculations on 8 amber gas-discharge display tubes. Source

HP-35

Jan 1, 1972

The first scientific pocket calculator, designed by Hewlett-Packard. It was capable of performing trigonometric and exponential functions. Source

Xerox Alto

Jan 1, 1973

The Xerox Alto was the first computer designed for individual use. I was also the first to use a mouse controlled GUI. Source

Apple Computer

Apr 11, 1976

For a price $666.66 the first Apple computer could be yours in 1976. This was the beginning of the Apple Computer company. Source

Disk Operating System (DOS)

Jan 1, 1981

The operating system which became the backbone of the Microsoft corpoartion was created for the then new Intel 8086 CPU. Source

Commodore 64

Aug 1, 1982

A very successful computer produced by Commodore Internation. Sold for $595 and ran at 1.023 MHz with 64 kB of RAM. Source

Macintosh

Jan 24, 1984

The first comercially successful personal computer which implemented a GUI. Source

Windows

Nov 20, 1985

Release as a software package for MS-DOS in 1985 and grew to dominate to the computer industry. Source

Intel 80486

Apr 1, 1989

Microprocessor procuded by Intel. Was the first x86 processor to using over a million transistors and operated and either 20 or 25 MHz. Source

Leech-ulator

Sep 27, 1999

Scientists at Emory-Georgia Tech accomplish addition by stimulating leech neurons.Source

D-Wave 16 qubit Quantum Computer

Feb 13, 2007

D-Wave Systems demonstrates "the world's first commercially viable quantum computer". This technology could increase computer speeds exponentially. Source

Baterica Logic Gates

Dec 8, 2010

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers have used E. coli bacteria to produce logic gates, an essential building block of computers. Source

D-Wave One Quantum Computer

May 11, 2011

D-Wave System produces the world's first commercial quantum computer. Running with 128-qubit processor. Source

Brain Chip

Nov 15, 2011

Researches at MIT use about 400 transistor to replicate a single brain synapse. Source

Brain Like Processing

Jan 1, 2020

By the year 2020 we will have produced a chip that mimics a simple organisms brain.

Brain Chip Mark 2

Jan 1, 2040

Researchers will migrate brain chip architecture over to quantum and see vast speed performance.

Consumer Grade Quantum Computing

Jan 1, 2050

By around the year 2050, quantum computing should be viable to selling to the masses. This will most likely begin to replace current computer architecture allowing for the everyday consumer to do amazing things.

Brain Computer

Jan 1, 2070

First prototype computer using neural quantum computing to solve complex problems.

Watson V.I.

Jan 1, 2100

Using quantum neural compting a virtual intelligence computer system similar to IBM's Watson will be created.