Computer History Project

  • Complex Number Calculator (CNC)

    Complex Number Calculator (CNC)
    Source This calculator was designed by reasearcher George Stibitz. His invention amazed the participants of he American Mathematical Society conference at the Dartmouth College.Is considered to be the first demonstration of remote access computing.
  • HP

    HP
    Source Hewlett-Packard is Founded. They just started off working and making computer technology from their garage.Then got $538 for funds to work on their first product, the HP 200A Audio Oscillator.
  • Project Whirlwind

    Project Whirlwind
    Source In WW II the U.S. Navy hey needed more training on the opposing enemy, so they contacted the MIT for help on building something more advance. They created a flight simulator to help the troops have a better advantage.
  • First Recorded Bug

    First Recorded Bug
    Source Grace Hopper was a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, she was the first ever person to record a "bug". She found this "bug" while helping to program the Harvard Mark II and developed the first compiler, A-0.
  • Thomas Watson Jr.

    Thomas Watson Jr.
    Spoke to an IBM sales meeting, knew all the moving parts in machines would be replaced by electronics within a decade.
  • Alan Turing

    Alan Turing
    Source A mathematical genius, Turing proved instrumental in code-breaking efforts during World War II. His application of logic to that realm would emerge even more significantly in his development of the concept of a "universal machine."
  • Telephone Network

    Telephone Network
    Source John van Geen of the Stanford Research Institute made improvements and fixed the acoustically coupled modem. Developed the acoustically coupled modem to connect computers to the telephone network by means of the standard telephone handset of the day.
  • Protests

    Protests
    Source Vietnam War protesters attacked university computer centers. At the University of Wisconsin, the toll was one human and four machines.
  • First Email Sent

    First Email Sent
    Source Ray Tomlinson is a US Programmer, he was the first ever person who would ever send an email. Something real important for sending messeges and info now a days, he made a big impact on socialism in technology with Email.
  • Pong

    Pong
    Source Ralph Baer designed a ping-pong game for his Odyssey gaming console. Pong would revolutionize the arcade industry and launch the modern video game era.
  • Pixar

    Pixar
    Source Started off by making animated shorts on the computer. Then Steve Jobs gave them the funds to move foward in their career. Over the next decade their animations won Oscars and became highly succesful.
  • Mosaic web browser

    Mosaic web browser
  • Doom

    Doom
    Source ID Software released Doom, A first-person shooter that was availible for other platforms. Doom was the first game you could coustumize your own levels and apparence.
  • The Iomega Zip Disk

    The Iomega Zip Disk
    Source The Iomega Zip Disk is released in the late 94'. The Disk let people have 100MB pf space to store info in now and that was a big step in technology space.
  • Terminator

    Terminator
    Source“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” opens. Director James Cameron’s sequel to his 1984 hit “The Terminator,” featured ground-breaking special effects done by Industrial Light & Magic.