A Brief History of Personal Computers The electronic computer is a relatively modern invention; the first fully operable computer was developed about 50 years ago, at the end of World War II, by a team at the University of Pennsylvania 's Moore School of Engineering. This team was headed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, who named the new machine ENIAC, for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. ENIAC was hardly a personal computer, occupying a large room and weighing about 33 tons
(71). The History Synthesizers have been around for long time, it is not just a recent technology. In the late 19th century, “American inventor Thaddeus Cahill acquired a patent for his instrument known as the Telharmonium, or Dynamophone” (“A Brief History”). The Telharmonium weighed “200 tons” and is “driven by 12 steam-powered electromagnetic generators” (“A Brief History”). Played in “real time using velocity-sensitive keys, it could generate several different sounds” (“A Brief History”). In 1919
In 1979, “Jack Myers and Harry Pople at University of Pittsburgh developed INTERNIST, a knowledge-based medical diagnosis program based on Dr. Myers' clinical knowledge.” (https://aitopics.org/misc/brief-history) That same year, the first computer-controlled, autonomous vehicle was built by Hans Moravec, this became known as the Stanford cart. Some of the main accomplishments made during the 1980’s is Lisp machines being developed and marketed, and the first expert system
The history of the internet is a very short but explosive history. All of its growth has spanned the time of over 50 years! It will continue to grow at an exponential rate. The internet is easily the biggest and most common medium in which we receive information today. Although some countries like China and North Korea have extreme sensor ship of such a human right, today the internet and its users continue to push forward and expanding new technologies and ideas related to the use of the internet
are very few places in the world that technology like this do not exist. This has really piqued my curiosity. How did we arrive to this point? Even in our daily routine, we cannot function without the use of such devices as the smart phone, the computer, or a number of other devices. These devices help us carry out our daily task with the greatest of ease. As an educator this has also made me wonder, how can technology be useful in my instruction to young advanced individual training students that
Apple in 2015. I. History and Advancements a. Cell Phones Before the 1940’s, the only form of wireless technology was two-way radio, much like the modern two-way radio we have today. It wasn’t until the late 40’s and early 60’s that the Mobile Telephone Service (MTS) was introduced. Unlike, the two-way radio, this technology was nowhere near what wireless mobile phones are today and weighed 30-45 pounds. You could either speak or listen, but you could not do both (A Brief History of Wireless Technology)
would really cease to function. The Internet is important to everyone in some way or another. The world without the Internet would be chaos and discord; that is why the Internet is simply the most creative invention of the twentieth century. The history that led up to the internet is important because we are able to know how the
External hacks can cause a business or government millions of dollars as well as the loss of vast amounts of personal data. What is not as prevalent in the news is how these internal hackers often use an insider’s credentials to gain access to a computer network. Equally as troubling is there are businesses that disregard the likelihood of a hacker coming from within their own organization. Cybersecurity should begin internally, however, as in the case of AT&T, “one of world 's largest communications
As we moved into the turn of the century, technology like personal computers and tablets have become more accessible and inexpensive. The aim of this research is to inform the public and education institutions on how personal computers affect student’s learning processes in the classroom. Most universities require the access to computers in order to perform task and write assignments. This has manifested in having more computers in a classroom used by the lecturers and students. The massive evolution
It’s in everyday life, it is seen every day and where it comes from is not appreciated the way it should. Most of the technology that is in the world today is possible because of the space program. Computers used to take up a whole room just for one, but NASA saw that they could not take a computer the size of a room into space, so they invented the laptop, something that probably would not have been invented without NASA. After this people looked at NASA's ideas and made them better. This is how