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The Difference engine - By Charles Babbage
Difference Engine No. 1, was designed to automatically calculate and tabulate mathematical functions called polynomials which have powerful general applications in mathematics and engineering. -
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ENIAC/The Turing Machine
This machine was used to crack the Nazi’s code which was used to send messages over to other Nazi spies, the Enigma. -
Frame Buffer
Evans and Ivan Sutherland, both professors of computer science, founded a company to develop a special graphics computer known as a frame buffer. This device was a special high-speed memory used for capturing video. -
Thinking Machine
Thinking Machines Corporation (TMC) was formed by MIT graduate student Danny Hillis and others to develop a new type of supercomputer. Their idea was to use many individual processors of moderate power rather than one extremely powerful processor. -
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo. It is a virtual game which has many different games like basketball, bowling, tennis etc. And the controller on the right helps you do many things with different buttons and actions in the air. -
ThinkPad 700C
This is the one of the first Lenovo ThinkPad/personal computers. As you can see this computer is much slimmer, neater and smaller than the previous computers you saw. This computer can download and program software’s, in the computer there is one main app the internet which can be in many different from like chrome, safari etc. In computer there are many software’s which act like tool e.g. memo pad, PowerPoint, paint ect -
1st Samsung Galaxy
A smartphone from another company called Samsung. This like the first iPhone has many app/tool which you can use for various different situation. This phone has many apps in one which will allow you to do things that people usually need many objects for, e.g. an alarm clock for waking you up. -
1st 3G Iphone
Is the first Iphone (smartphone) in the apple company, this smart phone has many apps like maps, messaging ect Like tools but on your phone so you can access it easily and fast in time of need. -
5K Imac
The newest IMac, 5K has a very high resolution, it has many software and apps like in the IPhone or IPad but in a bigger scale, variety and detail -
Samsung Galaxy note 5
This smartphone from Samsung is the first phone that comes with a joystick/stylus. There is a hole in the down right corner which allows you to take out your stylus when in need. Galaxy note 5 unlike the previous phones is much bigger, but this phone also has apps. All the phone have a app store to download more app if needed. But the Samsung (android) and Apple app store are 2 different stores.
