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Fortran
Invention: Fortran was a computer programming language.
Inventor: IBM
The language was created by IBM for scientific and engineering applications. The programing language would go on to help people with computationally intensive tasks like numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis, computational physics, and computational fluid dynamics. -
UNIVAC 1
Invention: UNIVersal Automatic Computer I was the first commercial computer.
Inventor: John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckbert
The UNIVAC 1 was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer design for business applications. UNIVAC was massive, standing 8 feet high, 7-1/2 feet wide and 14-1/2 feet long. -
Barcode
Invention: Barcode
Inventor: Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver.
The barcode was initially designed to identify railroad cars. -
Solar Cell
Invention: Solar Cell
Inventor: Gerald Pearson of Bell Labs
The solar cell was the first practical and commercially viable silicon solar cell. -
Microchip
Invention: Microchip
Inventors: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce
Kilby technically created the microchip first with Noyce making the necessary improvements and changes. It consisted of just one transistor, three resistors, and one capacitor.
