Technology History

  • The Complex Number Calculator

    The Complex Number Calculator
    In 1940, Stibitz demonstrated the cnc at an American mathematical society conference, which took place at Dartmouth college. This is one of the first examples of remote access computing. [https://time.graphics/event/41716]
  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC?scrlybrkr=8d1e8ef3]
  • Computer Mouse

    Computer Mouse
    The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1964 and consisted of a wooden shell, circuit board and two metal wheels that came into contact with the surface it was being used on.
    [https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001083.htm]
  • Unimate

    Unimate
    Unimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line at the Inland Fisher Guide Plant in Ewing Township, New Jersey, in 1961.
    [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimate?scrlybrkr=8d1e8ef3]
  • ARPANET Networking Plan Disseminated

    ARPANET Networking Plan Disseminated
    Was created and published for Lawrence Roberts, the project was started by the Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Internet as you know it today, and through which you are accessing this information.[https://www.sri.com/sites/default/timeline/timeline.php?timeline=computing-digital#!&innovation=arpanet]
  • Stanford arm

    Stanford arm
    The Stanford arm is an industrial robot with six degrees of freedom, designed at Stanford University by Victor Scheinman,. The Stanford arm is a serial manipulator whose kinematic chain consists of two revolute joints at the base, a prismatic joint, and a spherical joint.
    [http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/1-Robot.htm]
  • Mars 2

    Mars 2
    The Mars 2 was an unmanned space probe of the Mars program, a series of unmanned Mars landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union.
    [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2]
  • Asimo

    Asimo
    ASIMO is a humanoid robot created by Honda in 2000. It is currently displayed in the Miraikan museum in Tokyo, Japan.
    [https://asimo.honda.com]
  • BLUETOOTH

    BLUETOOTH
    Was created for Jaap Haartsen, bluetooth device works by using radio waves instead of wires or cables to connect with your cell phone, smartphone or computer.
    [https://www.androidauthority.com/history-bluetooth-explained-846345/]
  • Aibo

    Aibo
    AIBO is a series of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony. The first consumer model was introduced on 11 May 1999. New models were released every year until 2006.
    [https://us.aibo.com/]
  • iRobot roomba

    iRobot roomba
    After more than a decade of offering military products, iRobot debuts its first domestic robot.
    [https://fortune.com/2013/11/29/the-history-of-the-roomba/]
  • Qrio

    Qrio
    QRIO was a bipedal humanoid entertainment robot developed and marketed by Sony to follow up on the success of its AIBO entertainment robot.
  • Windows 7

    Windows 7
    Windows 7 is a personal computer operating system that was produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
    [https://time.graphics/line/110160]
  • Siri

    Siri
    Siri is a virtual assistant that is part of Apple Inc.'s iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, tvOS and audioOS operating systems and was created for Gruber, along with Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, co-founded Siri Inc, the company that created the original Siri app.
    [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/voice-siri_n_4043134]
  • Pepper

    Pepper
    Pepper is a semi-humanoid robot which means that a human has to control it. manufactured by SoftBank Robotics, which is owned by SoftBank, designed with the ability to read emotions.
    [https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/pepper]