Technology History Project

Moving Assembly Line Invention

Dec 1, 1913

SourceHe installed the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. With this invention it reduced the ammount of time it took to build a whole automobile.

Lilliput Windup Robot

Mar 12, 1932

SourceThe first true robot toy that was invented in Japan. This robot was made from Tinplate and stood 15cm tall.

Complex Number Calculator

Jan 21, 1940

SourceGeorge Stibitz built the Complex Number Calculator. With this computer it was considered to be the first demonstration of remote access computing

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

SourceSputnilk was the World's first artificial satelite. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments.

AT&T Dataphone

Dec 1, 1960

SourceThis was invented specifically for converting digital computer data to analog signals for transmission across its long distance network. This inventios was also the first commercial modem.

IBM 360

Apr 7, 1964

SourceFirst family of computers designed to cover the complete range of applications, from small to large, both commercial and scientific. System/360 was extremely successful in the market.

First Internet - ARPANET

Apr 7, 1969

SourceThe ARPANET was the first network that connected computers and was developed by the U.S. Military. The protocol TCP/IP was first developed to communicate and is still used today.

First Intel Microprocessor

Nov 15, 1971

SourceThe microprocessor was orginally developed for a calculator company named Busicom. The microprocessor allowed 4th generation computers to be smaller and faster than prior computers.

Amiga 1000

Jul 23, 1985

SourceThe Amiga 1000 was the first personal computer released by Commodore International. It combined the 16/32-bit Motorola 68000 CPU with one of the advanced graphics and sound systems, and ran a preemptive multitasking operating system that fit into 512 KB of memory.

Pixar Founded

Feb 3, 1986

SourcePixar was founded because of the graphics it made for the movies. Steve Jobs bought the Computer Graphics Division from George Lucas and changed it and established Pixar.

AIBO

May 11, 1999

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The AIBO was a robotic pet that was designed and manufactured by Sony. New models of this dog was later released until 2005.

BattleBots

Aug 23, 2000

SourceBattleBots started so that people can show-off their robotic ideas and compete. Competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament.

ASIMO

Oct 21, 2000

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It is a humanoid robot designed and developed by Honda. ASIMO is frequently used in demonstrations across the world to encourage the study of science and mathematics.

Mars Exploration Rover

Jul 7, 2003

SourceThese rovers were launched to Mars in search of answers about water being there. The rovers are programmed to move to certain locations so that they could explore.

Ipod Nano

Sep 7, 2005

SourceThe Ipod Nano was originally used for just songs. They had two types of Ipod Nano's, one was black and the other one was white.