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Birth of Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage was a Mathematician, and an inventor: the inventor of the difference engine, the sole idea that brought us to the nowadays computer. -
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Computer History
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The Difference Engine
The machine was created by Charles Babbage to calculate difficult equations, and correct human wrongs -
Valves (a.k.a. vacuum tubes)
A device used to control the electric current in a computer. In the case of Colossus, valves were used for Boolean function (deciding whether something is true or false). This was invented by John Fleming. -
Birth of Douglas Englebart
Douglas Englebart was famous for inventing the Mouse, however the mouse’s original design stated it would be made out of wood. -
Z3
Although Konrad Zuse, inventor of the Z3 had produced several other models, namely Z1 and Z2; the Z3 computer was among the first computer that could run without human intervention, program controlled and general purpose computer, similar to ENIAC. -
Colossus the Computer
This computer was designed to crack the German code (enigma) during WWII. This computer was the second computer, after (and inspired by) Charles Babbage’s difference engine. -
ENIAC
Arguably the first computer (it is the first multi-purpose computer), ENIAC’s purpose was to calculate equations and formulas too hard for humans. -
Apollo 11
This was the first spaceship to land on the moon, showing the technology, the memory and components of devices has been able to be miniaturized, and the programming is complex enough to walk on the moon safely. -
USB
This device was thought to be revolutionary when first invented, as it could store much more information than a floppy disk, whilst being much smaller. The average computer now has a USB port, due to this, but also because it makes up for the limitations of the CD, or floppy disk. -
Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak
The pair invented an object among the first to combine electronic properties together, the iPhone (2007) , inspiring other improvements, and now changes the way humans live. Then they developed the 'smart phone' further. -
IBM Watson won Jeopardy Gameshow
Made by IBM, WATSON the computer won the gameshow ‘Jeopardy’, against humans; proving the intelligence of a computer is equal to that of a human. -
Google Self-Driving Car
To let the elderly and visually impaired travel ‘easily and safely’, whether they can drive or not. Providing them the ability to visit loved ones.
