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Contribution Of Steve Wozniak

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Engineer, inventor, computer programmer are three elements that describe Steve Wozniak. Many people know that Steve Wozniak was an engineer of Apple, but he was so much more. As a well known engineer of Apple, Steve Wozniak, showed Americans that technology could benefit them in their daily lives. His legacy showed us to not give up when you fail.
The early life of Steve Wozniak’s call to change started when he figured out that people could not afford to buy a lot of technology, and decided he wanted to help. His parents taught him to always try his best in everything he does. His dad, Francis Jacob Wozniak, came from Michigan and was an engineer. Because of the job he had, it caught Wozniak’s interest so Wozniak wanted to learn more. …show more content…

The way he was acknowledged by contributing to the world was receiving awards. One of the awards Steve Wozniak earned was the Grace Murray Hopper Awards in 1979. This award was given to him because he was a professional computer engineer who made a technical service contribution before or at the age of 35. (awards.acm.org, Website) The National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan was given to him on February 19, 1985. This award was given to him because he contributed to America’s economic, environmental and social well being. (Lusted, pg 11) This was one of the ways he contributed to the …show more content…

One of his achievements was his inventions of technology. On Sunday, June 29, 1975, Wozniak was the first person to type a character on a keyboard and see it show up right in front of his eyes on a screen. The computer he invented was called the Apple computer. (Lusted, pg 25-26) CL9 was used to design and market a universal remote-control device that he invented which is known as Core. (encyclopedia.com, Website) While achieving his inventions, he also achieved something else.
He achieved his goals. One of the goals he achieved was finally finishing a device that hacks into phone lines to make free long-distance calls known as the blue box. (Doeden, pg 13) Steve Wozniak quotes, “I simply took a year off to earn money for my fourth year of school. And then my career kept going up.” (Seiter, Website) This quote is showing that he achieved his goal to earn money and use that money to go to college and learn about technology and engineering. The technology he made and the goals that were a success were all achievements that he had finished during his

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