Fundamentals of Computer Technology Timeline Project- Jasmine R

Vacuum Tubes

1904

Invented by John Ambrose Fleming.

1st electronic digital computer

Period: 1930 to 1939

Invented by John Vincent Atanasoff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atanasoff-Berry_Computer_at_Durhum_Center.jpg

1st Programmable Computer

Period: 1938 to 1941

Invented by Konrad Zuse. http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zusecomputer90x180a.jpg

1st automatic computing engines

Period: 1945 to 1950

Invented by Alan Turing. http://www.alanturing.net/turing_archive/archive/graphics/pilotace.jpg

Transistors

1947

Invented by John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Houser Brattain.

Artificial intelligence

Period: 1955 to 1958

Invented by John McCarthy. https://tech-blogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1568565439_10-Examples-of-the-Most-Popular-Application-of-AI-Artificial.jpg

Integrated circuits

Period: 1958 to 1959

Invented by Jack Kilby, and Robert Noyce. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Microchips.jpg/220px-Microchips.jpg

The mouse

Period: 1962 to 1964

Invented by Douglas Engelbart and Rene Sommer. https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/images/ENGELBARTs_first_mouse.jpg

Microprocessors

1971

Invented by Federico Faggin, Marcian Hoff, Stanley Mazor, and Masatoshi Shima.

The World Wide Web

Period: 1981 to 1989

Invented by Tim Berners Lee and Robert Cilliau. https://webfoundation.org/docs/2019/09/Meaningful-Connectivity.jpg

The iphone

2007

Invented by Steve Jobs and his Apple team.

Most Important

Oct 19, 2020

The most important invention out of them all is the iPhone. It's the iPhone because they have fast results and the most accurate information you can get at any time.