Difference between revisions of "Computing Timeline"
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+ | | Air Material Command and the Aircraft Industries Association collaborated with MIT to produce the first Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machine. | ||
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+ | | The first industrial robot (Unimate 1900) was put to market by George Devol | ||
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+ | | Ivan Sutherland presents the first graphical user interface which used a light pen to manipulate objects displayed on a CRT. | ||
+ | | https://3d-innovations.com/blog/the-history-of-computer-aided-design-cad/ | ||
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+ | | Ivan Sutherland (known as the "father of computer graphics") created the first Augmented Reality technology. | ||
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+ | | Charles Hull produces the first 3D printer technology | ||
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Revision as of 19:18, 6 September 2017
Add your items to the list of events below. You must do the following for each item:
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- If someone else has added an event already, please make any modifications that you see fit and then add your name next to the other person's name.
- DO NOT copy items from Keith Pray's timeline.
Date | Description | References | Name |
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2000 BC | The abacus is invented. A frame made out of wood holding rods with sliding beads on them, used to aid in arithmetic calculations. | http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/history.html | Joshua Cuneo |
1640 | Pascal created the first mechanical calculator | Quinn M. Ethics for the information age. 7th ed. Pearson; 2016:6. | Ally Howell |
1836 | The ability of the Telegraph is demonstrated by Samuel Morse by using Morse code | http://www.wrvmuseum.org/morsecodehistory.htm | Jason Abel |
1860's | The first commercially successful typewriter invented by Christopher Latham Sholes with help from Carlos Gidden, Chief Lieutenant | http://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept12/2012/10/28/the-typewriter-a-remarkable-impact-on-communication/ | Jason Abel |
1832 | The Military Enigma was announced and only available to the German Army | http://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/hist.htm | Jason Abel |
1942 | The first all-electronic computer was built by John Anastoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State University | https://www.ece.iastate.edu/the-department/history/history-of-computing/ | Jordan Burklund |
1844 | The Colossus, an electronic digital computer used to break the German Lorenz SZ-40 cipher machine, finally cracked its first message | http://cryptomuseum.com/crypto/colossus/index.htm | Jason Abel |
1865 | The concept of Email was introduced where you leave messages in another person's file directory for them to see later | http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html | Jason Abel |
1872 | Email sent over computer networks was created by Ray Tomlinson | http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html | Jason Abel |
1880s | Heinrich Hertz completes first radar experiments | https://www.britannica.com/technology/radar/History-of-radar | Alex Hard |
1915 | Ford Instruments MK1 Rangekeep created | https://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2015-10/armaments-innovations-revolutionary-rangekeeper | Alex Hard |
1923 | Enigma Machine Created | http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/enigma | Alex Hard |
1929 | Tin Pan Alley songwriting company first began distributing music via paper song sheets, allowing for customers to enjoy music from the comfort of their own home and thus paving the way for future music distribution | http://ebookcentral.proquest.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/lib/wpi/reader.action?ppg=3&docID=3038271&tm=1504739080522 | Henry Wheeler-Mackta |
1942 | LORAN (LOng RAnge Navigation) was first used by the allies | http://www.uscg.mil/history/missions/aton/LORAN/docs/LORAN_Volume_1_Index.asp | Alex Hard |
1943 | 4 wheel Bombe Machine used to defeat Enigma code | http://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/bombe/ | Alex Hard |
1972 | Alan C. Kay releases his paper titled "A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages", which is one of the first proposals for portable, paperless, and battery powered computers, leading to laptops and tablets becoming common consumer items. | http://history-computer.com/Library/Kay72.pdf | Jordan Burklund |
1975 | MITS Altair 8800 is released. At $297 for a kit, this is one of the first computers that is accessible to hobbyists. A BASIC interpreter written for this device also became the foundations of Microsoft. | http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/ | Jordan Burklund |
1957 | Air Material Command and the Aircraft Industries Association collaborated with MIT to produce the first Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machine. | http://machinist.org/cnc-computer-numerical-control/the-invention-of-cnc-machining/ | Cory Brolliar |
1961 | The first industrial robot (Unimate 1900) was put to market by George Devol | https://www.robotics.org/joseph-engelberger/unimate.cfm | Cory Brolliar |
1962 | Ivan Sutherland presents the first graphical user interface which used a light pen to manipulate objects displayed on a CRT. | https://3d-innovations.com/blog/the-history-of-computer-aided-design-cad/ | Cory Brolliar |
1968 | Ivan Sutherland (known as the "father of computer graphics") created the first Augmented Reality technology. | https://hbr.org/2016/10/the-mainstreaming-of-augmented-reality-a-brief-history | Cory Brolliar |
1984 | Charles Hull produces the first 3D printer technology | https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/history-of-3d-printing/ | Cory Brolliar |
1986 | National Science Foundation funds a 56Kbps cross-country network backbones | http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/History.html | Joshua Cuneo |
1991 | Linus Torvaldis releases the first version of the Linux Kernel. | https://www.livinginternet.com/i/iw_unix_gnulinux.htm | Jordan Burklund |
1995 | The MPEG Audio Layer III encoding process and associated MP3 file type was released. Online music distribution would never be the same. | http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/03/23/134622940/the-mp3-a-history-of-innovation-and-betrayal | Henry Wheeler-Mackta |
1999 | The online music distribution service Napster released. Users could now download, listen, and share their music files illegitimately. Napster was the first of many popular music piracy services. | http://www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/doi/full/10.1080/1478601X.2011.561648?scroll=top&needAccess=true | Henry Wheeler-Mackta |
2000 | The online music distribution service LimeWire released. Unlike many competitors, LimeWire relied entirely on Peer-to-peer networking, thus removing the need for a centralized data server and making it much more difficult for the music industry to take meaningful legal action. | http://ebookcentral.proquest.com.ezproxy.wpi.edu/lib/wpi/reader.action?ppg=3&docID=3038271&tm=1504739080522 | Henry Wheeler-Mackta |
2001 | Apple's iTunes service releases, allowing for consumers to legally enjoy the benefits of online distribution without having to rely on illegitimate services. The music industry had finally caught up with evolving technology. | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/stable/pdf/30162196.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A84ef7bd9da4a285dff016c2c5b1bb0f9 | Henry Wheeler-Mackta |
2008 | The first Android based smartphone is released to consumers. | https://www.androidcentral.com/android-pre-history | Jordan Burklund |
2011 | John Deere Releases GreenStar system for farmers | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.wpi.edu/document/1566333/ | Ally Howell |