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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 NewtonŽ". For
the next three years, PDA sales dwindled,
and were almost off the charts. Then,
in March 1996, PalmT, 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
