technology history project

Steam man

Sep 19, 1865

sourceJohn Brainerd created the SteamMan apparently used to pull wheeled carts and more.

ELEKTRO

Sep 17, 1937

SOURCEWestington creates ELEKTRO a human-like robot that could walk, talk and smoke.

Unimate

Aug 11, 1960

sourceUnimate was the first industrial robot which worked on a Genral Motors assembly line. It was created by George Devol to help make building stuff easier.

Rancho arm

Sep 15, 1963

sourceThe Rancho Arm was designed at the Ranchho Los Amigos Hospital in California. It was used as a tool ofr the handicapped. The arms six joints gave it the flexibility of a human arm.

first internet- Arpanet

Apr 7, 1969

Source The TCP/IP was the first developed to communicate and is still used today.
The Arpanet was the first network that connected computer developed by the U.S military.

Apple 1 Computer

Apr 11, 1976

sourceSteve Jobs made his first invention which was a computer made out of wood. It was handbuilt by Steve Wozniak

gameboy

Apr 21, 1981

sourceThe GameBoy is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color,[5] have both combined sold 118.69 million units worldwide.

Apple Macintosh

Jan 24, 1984

sourceThe Macintosh 128K was originally released by Apple.
The Macintosh was introduced by the now-famous television commericial by Ridley Scott.

Microsoft Windows

Nov 20, 1985

SourceMicrosoft announces Windows to respond to Apple's GUI.
Microsoft came to dominate the worlds personal computer market with over 90% market share.

Wi-fi

Sep 21, 1991

sourceWifi is a local area wireless computer networking technology that allows electronic devices to network. It allows people to stream the internet and can be used for numerous other things.

Bluetooth

Sep 21, 1994

sourceBluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances.
It is managed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), which has more than 25,000 member companies in the areas of telecommunication, computing, networking, and consumer electronics

Nintendo 64

Jun 21, 1996

source N64 is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. The N64 sold 32.93 million units worldwide, and in 2009, it was named the 9th greatest video game console by IGN.

ASIMO

Apr 2, 2000

SOURCE ASIMO is a humanoid robot designed and developed by Honda. Introduced on 21 October 2000, ASIMO was designed to be a multi-functional mobile assistant.

RoboVac

Sep 15, 2001

sourceThe RoboVac was the first robot cleaner introduced.It was made in 2001 by the british technology company but was not released in public due to its high demand in price.

Mars Rover

Nov 10, 2003

sourceThe Mars Rover is an automated motor vehicle thats explores the mars surface hoping to find life. The primary objective for it is to find eveidence of habitability and organic carbon.

Big Dog - military robot

Sep 21, 2005

sourceBigDog is a quadrupedal robot created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics. BigDog is used to help out the militaryby carrying thier supplies that would wieght up to 350 pounds and can carry one soldier.