Technology History Project

By yohannes_akiel

  • Z3 - first programmable computer

    Z3 - first programmable computer
    It was the first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer. The German Aircraft Research Institute used it to perform statistical analyses of wing flutter.

  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    SourceIt was the first electronic general-purpose computer. It was turing-complete. It was used to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army's Ballistic Research Lab.

  • UNIVAC

    UNIVAC
    SourceIt was the first commercial computer and able to pick presidential winners.

  • Flow-Matic

    Flow-Matic
    SourceIt was for the UNIVAC 1 at Remingtn Rand under Grace Hopper during the period from 1955 until 1959. It was desgined by Remington Rand and Grace Hopper.

  • Basic

    Basic
    SourceIt enabled students in fields other than science and mathaamateics to use somputers. It was designed by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz.

  • Arpanet - first internet created

    Arpanet - first internet created
    SourceThe US government made the first network for military purposes. The network was called the Arpanet and eventually it turned to the internet.

  • C++

    C++
    Source It is a general-purpose programming language. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup.

  • Macintosh

    Macintosh
    Source This was the first mass-market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse. The Macintosh was very expensive.

  • Harvard Mark 1

    Harvard Mark 1
    SourceIt was used by the US Navy for gunnery and ballistic calculations.

  • Wi-Fi

    Wi-Fi
    Source It is a wireless local area network. It was developed by Wi-Fi Alliance. The name Wi-Fi stands for Wireless Fidelity.

  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth
    SourceBluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz[4]) from fixed and mobile devices, and building personal area networks (PANs).

  • Java

    Java
    SourceIt is a client server web applications. It was developed by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems.

  • Alice

    Alice
    Source It is a eductational object-oriented programming system. It was designed by Saarland University.

  • Iphone - 1st generation

    Iphone - 1st generation
    Source it was designed by Apple. It was Apple's first smartphone.

  • Google Glass - facial technology

    Google Glass - facial technology
    Source Google Glass is a type of wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD). It was developed by Google X with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format.