Technology timeline

  • The First Stem Calculator

    The First Stem Calculator
    The first mechanical computer, created by Charles Babbage in 1822
  • Hollerith tabulating machine

    Hollerith tabulating machine
    The Hollerith tabulating machine, also known as the tabulating machine, was an electrical counting machine invented by Herman Hollerith.
  • HP

    HP
    The company was founded on January 1, 1939, by William R. Hewlett and David Packard.
  • The Eniac

    The Eniac
    Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945.
  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper
    She was a pioneer of computer programming. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and used this theory to develop COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.
  • EnglebartGUI

    EnglebartGUI
    Douglas Carl Engelbart was a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse
  • Creator of Apple Products

    Creator of Apple Products
    Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve
  • Windows

    Windows
    Windows 1.0 was the first major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical operating systems for personal computers developed by Microsoft.
  • Inventor of the world Wibe web

    Inventor of the world Wibe web
    Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist, generally credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web.
  • WIFI

    WIFI
    Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.
  • Iphone

    Iphone
    The iPhone was released in the United States on June 29, 2007, at the price of $499 for the 4 GB model and $599 for the 8 GB model, both requiring a 2-year contract.
  • Chromebooks

    Chromebooks
    The first Chromebooks for sale, by Acer Inc and Samsung, were announced at the Google conference in May 2011 and began shipping on June 15, 2011.
  • Apple Watch

    Apple Watch
    The Apple Watch was released in April 2015, and quickly became the world's best-selling wearable device.