Technology History

By crystalzamarripa
  • Jan 1, 1300

    First Printer

    First Printer
    Johann Gutenberg had experience of working at a mint, and had got some ideas to invent a printer. The printer wasnt as it is now but it still printed and had things for the people back then. A piece of block would be dipped in ink and stamped onto paper. FIRSTPRINTER

  • First Headphones

    First Headphones
    The first headphones were used by telephone operators. It was one earpiece that rested on the users shoulder, adn it weighed at about 10 pounds.

  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    Founded by the army during WW2, was designed to be used to calculate research. Yet wasn't used for that instead was used by, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert for some experiment they were conducting. ENIAC

  • COBOL

    COBOL
    Creator, Grace Murray Hopper had invented the COBOL which was used for business use, and hoped for the computer to use more machine use.
    COBOL

  • ARPANET-1st Network invented

    ARPANET-1st Network invented
    The ARPANET was invented in 1969, it's also the first network that used the TCP/Ip protocol. It's a packing switching network that is still in use til today, and later developed into the internet in 1982.
    Wikipedia

  • First Cellphone invented

    First Cellphone invented
    First hand held cellphone invented by Motorola. It held 10 hours of charge yet, only 30 minutes per call. The phone itself weighed 1.1kg.

  • First IBM Personal Computer

    First IBM Personal Computer
    The first IBM PC, was a huge thing at that time. Being the first PC everyone was trying to get hands on, and see how it worked. Also had multiple memory cards, a printer, color graphics and about over 250 characters.
    IBM

  • Lisa Computer

    Lisa Computer
    First personal computer with GUI. It didn't run on much but it was a start for the personal computer.
    LISA COMPUTER

  • WIFI

    WIFI
    FCC opened up the several bands of wireless spectrum.
    Wifi is used everywhere around the world now, without wifi most computers, phones, etc wouldn't be able to run and work properly without crashing.
    WIFI

  • Microsoft annouces the First Windows

    Microsoft annouces the First Windows
    Windows 1.01 is the very first operating system from Microsoft. This allows many yet limited work to be done on the OS. It runs on 16 bit. Microsoft Windows

  • NeXT Cube

    NeXT Cube
    Created by Steve Jobs and people from NEXT, the NeXT Cube was a computer with a NEXTSTEP os. Has an optional floppy disk, and larger disks in place. NEXTCUBE

  • First Website

    First Website
    The WWW, World Wide Web created by Tim Berners-Lee is the first website ever created. It ran on a NeXT Computer, mostly invented for scientists and universities around the world. WWW

  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth
    Bluetooth isn't owned by any company, but it was created by engineers at Ericsson. The Bluetooth is a wireless connection that transfers data between devices if connected to Bluetooth. Decreasing the use of wires, cables, cords, etc.
    BLUETOOTH

  • iPhone 1

    iPhone 1
    First iPhone created. Featured, quad-band GSM cellular connectivity with GPRS and EDGE support for data transfer. This phone now doesnt or cant be fixed since it is so old and Apple now no longer carries parts for it.

  • MacBook

    MacBook
    The MacBook was invented by Steve Jobs. It was a 13 in laptop known as the worlds thinnest laptop at that time. At this time, Steve Jobs didn't have the best invention of the laptop but over time it was always brought up to date. MACBOOK