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Invention of the typewriter
The typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper. The typewriter was used in many offices and buisnesses, Many writers started using it to print their work. But by the 1980's it started getting replaced by word processors. But it is still used in places such as India.
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General Electric Founded From Merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company
General Electric is one of the most influential corporations currently in operation. GE is known for its acquiration of Enron Wind. Which was the largest United States wind turbine manufacturer. It also created a carport for electric cars which is solar powered. -
Nuclear Reactor First Patented
In 1933, the Nuclear Reactor was created. The neutron was first discovered in 1932 which made it possible for a clean supply of renewable energy. The nuclear reactor concept was first patented in 1934. Nuclear fission is the process used in these reactors and creates a sustainable nuclear chain reaction.
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First Cell Phone Service
In 1947 AT&T commercialized Mobile Telephone Service. From its start in St. Louis in 1946, AT&T then introduced Mobile Telephone Service to one hundred towns and highway corridors by 1948. Mobile Telephone Service was a rarity with only 5,000 customers placing about 30,000 calls each week. -
Moore's Law
The Co-Founder of Intel Gordon Moore wrote a research paper in 1965 that describes the idea that the number of trnasistors on CPUs will double every 18 months, cuasing the overall performance of our computing machines to double
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First Personal Computer was first created in 1965
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Apple Inc.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. It was first known as Apple Computer inc. but then changed to Apple inc. when the company wanted to focus on consumer electronics. The company started making various other consumer electronics such as the ipod, iphone, ipad, and mac laptop. As of September 29, 2012, the company had 72,800 permanent full-time employees and 3,300 temporary full-time employees worldwide. Its worldwide annual revenue in 2012 totalled $156 billion. -
1980 Digital Revolution Record
1980- Cell phone subscribers: 11.2 million
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Technology from the 1980's to 2006
Gramophone record to CD (released 1982) and MP3 (released 1994 for computers only; first MP3 player 1998)
VHS tape to Video CD (1993), DVD (1997) and Blu-ray (2006)
Analog broadcasting to digital broadcasting (first digital broadcast in 1990, but not widespread until mid-2000s)
Payphone and landline phone to cell phone (mid 1990s to mid 2000s)
Digital cable (early to mid 1990s, en masse late 1990s to early 2000s)
Typewriter to printer (1980s to mid 1990s)
Mail to email (mid to late 1990s)
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1990 Statistics Update
In 1990, there were 12.4 million cell phone subscribers (0.25% of world population in 1990). And there were 2.8 million internet users (0.05% of world population in 1990) -
2002 Statistics Update
By 2002, there were 1,174 million cell phone subscribers (19% of world population in 2002). And there were 631 million internet users (11% of world population in 2002) -
2010 Technological Statistics
Cell phone subscribers: 4,000 million (67% of world population in 2010)
Internet users: 1,800 million (26.6% of world population in 2010) -
Titan
Ranked #1 on Top 500 list of supercomputers
Has a RAM of 710 Terrabytes, capable of processing 1.4 Terrabytes a second
Total memory storage is 40 PB.
Uses about 8.2 MW of electricity at its peak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2zSYGsD5Q -
2012 Internet Usage
By 2012, over 2 billion people used the Internet, twice the number of the amount of people using it in 2007. Cloud computing had entered the mainstream by the early 2010s. And by 2015, tablet computers and phones are expected to exceed personal computers in Internet usage. A large amount of internet usage comes from social networks.
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Moore's law continued
Moore's law is expected to slow down by the end of 2013. The number of transistors on a CPU will only double every 3 years after this point. in reality, this is not a huge deal becasue we are still rapidly increasing our technology.
