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Model K Relay
The model k relay was built by George Stibitz on his kitchen table -
The CNC is Finished
Bell Telephone Laboratories produced the CNC, Complex Number Calculator, from Scientist George Stibitz design -
Z3 Computer Finished
Konrad Zuze completed the Z3, an early computer, was built in total isolation.The Z3 was used for aerodynamic calculations but was destroyed in a bombing raid on Berlin in late 1943. -
The First Bombe
A machine that decrypted Nazi ENIGMA-based military comm. during WWII -
The ABC is completed
The ABC, or Atanasoff-Berry Computer, was the first Electronic computer -
Project Whirlwind begins
The US Navy went to MIT during WWII to create a flight simulator for navy pilots -
Harvard Mark 1 is Completed
Conceived by Howard Aiken, a Harvard physics professor, and designed and built by IBM. The Harvard Mark 1 is a giant room sized calculator with 3,500 relays -
The first computer program to run on a computer
Tom Kilburn and Geoff Tooth hill create the Small-Scale Experimental Machine, it was also called the Manchester Baby,ran the first program, consisting of seventeen instructions and written by Kilburn, ran on June 21st, 1948. -
EDSAC Completed
The first practical stored-program computer to provide a regular computing service. The EDSAC was built at Cambridge University. -
Direct keyboard input to computers Computers
At MIT, researchers begin experimenting with direct keyboard input to computers -
First Handheld Calculator made by HP
Bill Hewlett Challenged his engineers in 1971,to fit all of the features of their desktop calculator into a small enough device to fit in the palm or your hand -
First Kenbak-1 is sold
This was one of the earliest personal computers -
Wang Laboratories releases the Wang 2200
The Wang 2200 used a built-in CRT, cassette tape for storage, and ran the programming language BASIC. -
Steve Wozniak completes the Apple-1
Designed by California native Steve Wozniak, and marketed by his friend Steve Jobs, the Apple-1 is a single-board computer for hobbyists -
Apple Computer launches the Macintosh
Apple introduces the Macintosh with a television commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl.The Macintosh was the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphical user interface and was based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor. -
Apple ships the first Newton
Apple enters the handheld computer market with the Newton.The Newton featured many of the features that would define handheld computers in the following decades. -
First camera phone introduced
Japan's SoftBank introduces the first camera phone, the J-Phone J-SH04; a Sharp-manufactured digital phone with integrated camera -
The Apple iPhone is released
Apple launches the iPhone a combination of web browser, music player and cell phone - which could download new functionality in the form of apps from the online Apple store. -
Apple Watch
Incorporating a version of Apple's iOS operating system, as well as sensors for environmental and health monitoring, the apple watch can also sync to your iphone and Mac.
