The History of ICT

By Saffronbaker10

  • The first programmable computer

    'http://www.computerhope.com' .This is the site I got my information from. Charles Babbage began developing the Difference Engine. It was the first automatic computing engine that was able to compute many sets of numbers.

  • The first cinema opened.

    'http://uk.ask.com/question/when-was-the-first-cinema-opened' This is where I got my information from.The first cinema was opened on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Penn. It was the Nickelodeon and it was exclusively devoted to showing motion pictures. It was the creation of Harry Davis and John P.

  • First animated feature film.

    'http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow5/may99/History/history.html' This is where I got my information from.The first animated film had simple drawings photographed one at a time. It was extremely labor intensive as there were literally hundreds of drawings per minute of film.

  • The first computer game.

    'http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-and-timeline-of-video-games.html' .This is where I got my information from.The first computer game was invented by Dr. Thomas T. Goldsmith in 1947. The game consisted of an analog device that allowed a user to simulate the firing of a missile.

  • The first electronic computer

    'http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1953'This is where I got my information from.The IBM shipped its first electronic computer, the 701. During three years of production, IBM sold 19 machines to research laboratories, aircraft companies, and the federal government.

  • The Internet was invented.

    'http://wiki.answers.com'.This is where I got my information from.The Internet is based on many technologies developed for Arpanet in 1969. The first Arpanet link was established between a computer at UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute. In 1971, there was 15 computers on the network.

  • The history of ICT in schools

    'http://works.bepress.com/gerry_white/4/' This is where I got my information from.ICT in education has been taken up by educators and educational researchers since the 1980s with varied success.

  • The first ever sat nav.

    'http://wiki.answers.com 'This is where I got my infromation from. The first ever sat nav was made in 1986 by a man call john smith.This meant that a car could be directed to a place with an electrical map that was directed by a satelite.

  • The first self-checkout

    'http://www.instoretrends.com/.../the-evolution-of-the-checkout-the-front-end/' This is where I got my Information from.The first self-checkout allowed people to pay for their items without a shop assistant which scanned the barcodes for them. These self-checkouts started to go into the big stores.

  • The first use of Auto Tune

    'http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/' This is where I got my information from.Dr Andy Hildebrand was the inventor of the voice pitch-correcting software called Auto-Tune. The first song that was published using Auto-Tune was the 1998 song called "Believe" by Cher.

  • The Wii was invented.

    'http://www.ask.com › All › Apps, Gadgets, Computers & Games' This is where I got my information from.The Wii was invented in 2001 but it was not released until November 2006. The Nintendo Wii Family Edition was released in October 2011.

  • When Skype was invented.

    'http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype‎' This is where I got my information from. Skype is an online communication program. You can talk to people through messaging or video calling. It was released in 2003. Skype has 663 million registered users as of the end of 2010.The network is operated by Microsoft.

  • When Facebook was invented.

    'http://wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook‎' This is where I got my information from.Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates.The website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges and then in 2006 everyone above 13 could use it.

  • Youtube was invented

    'http://answers.yahoo.com › ... › Video & Online Games' This is where I got my information from.You tube was founded in February 2005. It has become the world's most popular online video viewer, allowing millions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos.

  • When Qzone was invented.

    'http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Qzone' This is where I got my information from.Qzone is a chinese social networking website, which was created by Tencent in 2005. It allows users to write blogs, keep diaries, send photos, and listen to music. However, most Qzone services are not free.

  • When Twitter was invented.

    'http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter‎' This is where I got my information from.Twitter is an online social networking service and enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets". It was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and by July the social networking site was launched. 500 million registered users as of 2012, generating over 340 million tweets daily and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day.

  • When Tumblr was invented.

    'http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr‎' This is where I got my information from.Tumblr is a social networking website.The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, and make their blogs private. From April 13th 2013, Tumblr has over 102 million blogs.

  • Iplayer was launched

    'http://www.techradar.com › News by technology › Internet' This is where I got my information from. iplayer shifted 3.5 million programme streams and downloads in the first 3 weeks. By April 2008 it accounted for one fifth of all UK internet traffic. 40% of online adults were using it by early 2012.

  • When Instagram was invented.

    Instagram is an online photo-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures, A distinctive feature is that it confines photos to a square shape, Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and launched in October 2010.

  • What will mobile phones be like in the future.

    'http://uk.ask.com/question/what-will-mobile-phones-look-like-in-the-future‎'. This is where I got my information from.In the future, mobile phones are expected to be more than just a communication device. They are expected to serve entertainment, payment and security purposes all in one device. Mobile phones will be a lot different to now in the future. But no one knows for sure what they will be like.

  • Television in the future.

    'http://curiosity.discovery.com › Communications › TV and Radio' This is where I got my information from.Tv in the future is said to be better and many more people will have 3D tv's instead of normal tv's. There will probabley be more programmes to watch and replay.

  • Computers in the future.

    'http://www.buzzle.com/.../what-are-computers-going-to-be-like-in-the-future.' This is where I got my information from.In the future computers are said to be quicker and have the abilities of replacing human brains. It's said they might be able to implement robotics.

  • Robots in the future.

    A robot will have artificial muscles instead of electric motors. They will be able to make expressions They are said to help us humans around the house to do jobs, but there is a possibility that they could turn against us and kill us.

  • Food in the future.

    'http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FoodPills‎' .This is where I got my information from.Food is predicted to be different in the future. It's said to come in pills ( Food Pills) They are said to come in different flavours and have no sell-by date, and provide all the nutrition you need. This means you would live on tablets all day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.