Internet Final Project: History of Computers Timeline

  • Radio

    Radio
    The radio was invented by Mahlon Loomis.
  • Typewriter

    Typewriter
    The first typewriter was created by Christopher Sholes.
  • The QWERTY Keyboard

    The QWERTY Keyboard
    A patent for the QWERTY keyboard was accepted
  • Headphones

    Headphones
    The headphones were created in 1881.
  • TV

    TV
    The TV was invented by Paul Nipkow.
  • Colossus

    Colossus
    The Colossus computer was the first programmable computer and was used to read encrypted German messages.
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    A patent was filed for the ENIAC, a machine that could calculate artillery firing tables and took up 1,800 square feet.
  • UNIVAC I

    UNIVAC I
    The UNIVAC I is a machine that helped the government with the census and it took three years to build.
  • The UNIVAC was used for a famous event

    The UNIVAC was used for a famous event
    The UNIVAC was used to predict the 1952 election and was correct.
  • Transistor

    Transistor
    The Transistor won the Nobel Prize.
  • Toilet

    Toilet
    The toilet was invented by Sir John Harrington.
  • Integrated Circuit

    Integrated Circuit
    Jack Kilby researched the integrated ciruit and its purpose was for Air Force computers and the Minuteman
  • Spacewar

    Spacewar
    Steve Russel created the first popular computer game called Spacewar.
  • Mouse

    Mouse
    The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart.
  • ARPANET

    ARPANET
    ARPANET was used for communication between the military.
  • The First Email

    The First Email
    The first Email was received by Ray Tomlinson
  • The Creeper Virus

    The Creeper Virus
    The first virus was the Creeper Virus and it said, "I'm the creeper virus, catch me if you can!"
  • IBM 5100 Portable Computer

    IBM 5100 Portable Computer
    The IBM 5100 Portable Computer was the first IBM computer to be released.
  • WordStar

    WordStar
    WordStar is the first word processing software for the computer.
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web
    The World Wide Web was created by Tim Berners-Lee, a man from England.
  • Osborne 1

    Osborne 1
    The Osborne 1 was the first laptop and cost $1795.
  • TIME

    TIME
    TIME magazine named computers as the machine of the year.
  • :)

    :)
    Scott Fahlman Created the sideways smile emotion.
  • Apple Lisa

    Apple Lisa
    The Apple Lisa was the first home computer.
  • Motorola dynaTAC 8000 X

    Motorola dynaTAC 8000 X
    The first cell phone went on sale and was sold for about $4,000.
  • Google

    Google
    Google's first name was Backrub and the inventors went to Stanford.
  • Ipod

    Ipod
    The first Ipod was released with the capability of holding 1,000 songs.
  • Smartphone

    Smartphone
    The first smartphone that received Email and internet was release in 2002.
  • Ipad

    Ipad
    The Ipad was release on April 3, 2010.
  • Apple Computer

    Apple Computer
    The Apple Computer was created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac.