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Computers:
First Computer Invented:
Most people when they think of first computer invented
they think Bill Gates. This, however, is not true, for the
computer was invented long before Bill Gates was around.
Bill Gates only revolutionized the computer, buy creating a
more compact and useful form of the computer and making it
available to everyone with a job.
There are many people out there who would say that the
first "computer" was the abacus, invented in Asia
about 5000 years ago. I however, wouldn't.
The first of the "modern" computers was
invented during World War II, in 1941 by a German engineer
named Konrad Zuse. Its name was the Z3 and it was used to
help design German airplanes and missile's. Then in 1943,
the Allied forces developed a computer called Colossus. It
helped decode German messages.
The Mark I, designed by Howard H. Aiken, an engineer
working with Harvard and IBM. The Mark I was positively
huge, taking up half of a football field. It was useful
though and it helped to create ballistic charts for the US
Navy during the war.
Shortly after this, came the Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), developed by John Presper
Eckert and John W. Mauchly, working with the government and
the University of Pennsylvania. ENIAC was about 1000 times
faster than The Mark I but no smarter.
The Use of transistors, ment computers that could store
memory and even run programs. Soon after computer languages
were invented so that people could change the programs run
by the computer. Finally computer research brought us
smaller, more useful computers, and eventually the kinds of
computers that we have today.
First Laptops Invented:
Although it is a little hard to determine what the first
portable or laptop computer was, and when it was invented,
we can however say that there is more than one claim to
laptop fame. There was even signs of laptops dating back as
early as 1979. Designed by a Briton, William Moggridge, for
use by NASA in early 1980's. IT was one fifth the weight of
any model equivalent in performance and was a 340K byte
bubble memory lap-top computer with die-cast magnesium case
and folding electroluminescent graphics display screen.
Since then notebook PC's released in 1981 lay clam to
being the first. It was the Epson HX-20, a battery powered
portable computer, with a 20-character by 4 line LCD display
and a built-in printer that started the new widespread
desire for these laptop computers.
In January of 1982, Microsoft's Kazuhiko Nishi and Bill
Gates begin discussions on designing a portable computer,
based on using a new liquid crystal display or LCD screen.
LCD technology in 1982? Yeah that's right! Believe it or not
we had the technology to make the LCD tvs and monitors that
you've seen only recently over 22 years ago. But that's
another story in itself.
First PDAs Invented:
First of all PDA stands for personal digital assistants
in case you didn't already know. In 1993, Apple Computer
Inc. released the very first PDA(personal digital
assistants) "The Newton®". For the next three
years, PDA sales dwindled, and were almost off the charts.
Then, in March 1996, Palm™, Inc. delivered the industry's
first truly compelling handheld computer, the PalmPilot.
Today there are to many PDA companies and products to even
bother mentioning.
Some Things You Can Do On A PDA:
- Get a Wireless Connection
- Surf the Web
- Play Music and Video Files
- Watch movies Using PocketTV
- Play a Game
- Use Your Pocket PC as a backup device
- Update Office Documents
- Download and read E-books
- Listen to Audio Books
- Connect to Windows servers using Terminal Services
- Use Messenger Tools
- Change the theme of your Pocket PC
- Project the Pocket PC screen onto your desktop
- Study
- Do Your Taxes
Some PDA Software:
- Medical/Drug Resources PDA Software
- Medical Calculators PDA Software
- Learning Tools PDA Software
- Patient Tracking PDA Software
- Document Readers PDA Software
- Medical Equipment PDA Software
- Databases PDA Software
- Printing PDA Software
- News and Information PDA Services
- Street Finders and Maps PDA Software
- Bible Study PDA Software
- Voice Command PDA Software
- Language Translator PDA Software
- Tax PDA Software
Home Entertainment Technology:
Home Entertainment really is just a collaboration of all
our entertainment technologies into a package that surely
will not disappoint us. Home entertainment systems have many
different parts that together give us the feeling of being
at the movies.
- Plasma TV
- LCD Panel TV
- DLP Rear Projection TV
- Video Projectors
- Surround Sound Audio Systems
- Speakers
- DVD / CD / VCR Players
- Accessories and Furniture
- Satellite Television
- Media Center HTPCs
First Television Invented:
The first signs of a tele date back to the 1862 when Abbe
Giovanna Caselli invents his "pantelegraph" and
becomes the first person to transmit a still image over
wires. In 1900, at the World's Fair in Paris, the 1st
International Congress of Electricity was held, where
Russian, Constantin Perskyi made the first known use of the
word "television." In 1930 Charles Jenkins
broadcasts the first TV commercial. The BBC begins regular
TV transmissions.
Then throughout the years the inventions came one after
another. In 1950 the FCC approves the first color television
standard which is replaced by a second in 1953. Vladimir
Zworykin developed a better camera tube - the Vidicon. In
1956 Robert Adler invents the first practical remote
control. In 1973 giant screen projection TVs are first
marketed. Followed by Sonys release of the first home video
cassette recorder in 1976.By time 1996 came around there was
a billion TV sets world-wide.
First DVD/Player Invented:
We can only assume the transition over from cd's and cd
players over to dvds and dvd players wasn't that hard. The
technology was already there for them. So the dvd player was
surely invented before or right after the dvd was invented.
DVDs are the work of many companies and many people. The DVD
evolved from CD and related technologies. Companies such as
Sony, Philips, Toshiba, Matsushita, Time Warner, and others
announced the new "high density" dvd in September
of 1995.
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This article was posted on August 31, 2005
