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Hewlett-Packard is Founded
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is founded and the HP 200A Audio Ocilator is made in a garage. It generates sound effects. I picked this one because it was used by many engineers and Disney in the movie "Fantasia". -
Hideo Yamachito
Hadeo Yamachito, a Japanese man, invents the first electrical computor. I chose this because without the discovery of electrical computers, today's technology wouldn't be the same. -
IBM 701
The BM 71 is made and 19 are sold to a community of scientists. I chose this piece because IBM is one of the major computed industries in the world today. -
The Computor Mouse
Douglas Engelbart invents the first computer mouse and patents it. The tail of wires at the end gives it the name 'mouse'. I chose this because I never knew why it was called the mouse before now. -
IBM Word Prcessor
IBM invents the first word processing program. I chose this because this class wouldn't exist without the invention of word processing. -
E-mail is Invented
Ray Tomlinson invents E-mail. Email is still a very common form of communication nowadays which is why I chose this event. -
Apple Introduces Macintosh
Apple introduces Macintosh with a mouse and screen. Along with game changing comercial. I chose this because apple is probably the most well known company in the world. -
Google Invented
Sergy Brin and Larry Page invent google. Google is the most used search engine which is why I chose this event. -
1 Billion PCs sold
In 2002, 1 billion PCs were sold, more than ever before. Popularity of computers was growing. I chose this because it shows how popular computers were and are becoming in numbers. -
First iPhone Invented
The iPhone is introduced and is a big success. Large amounts of people swarm to buy it. I chose this because almost everyone I know owns and iPhone.