The History of Technology

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  • First video game

    First video game

    Frist video game
    The cathode ray tube amusment device, was one of the first interactive video games ever made. It was a missle simulator
  • ENIAC Invented - First Digital Computer

    ENIAC Invented - First Digital Computer

    WikipediaFirst digital computer invented by the U.S army for launching ballistic missiles. It was as big as a small gymnasium and cost $500,000
  • The Atlas was invented

    The Atlas was invented

    Evolution of Computers
    Commander William C. Norris led engineering research associates to develop the Atlas. It was based on code breaking computers from WWII. It was 38 feet long 20 feet wide and used 2700 vacum tubes
  • Checkers Game

    Checkers Game

    Video game history
    Christopher Strachey, a british computer scientists designed a checkers game. It was programmed to run on the Pilot ACE computer
  • Spacewar!

    Spacewar!

    Wikipedia
    In 1961 a group of MIT student programmed a game called spacewar. The game pitted two human players against each other each controlling a spacecraft capable of firing missiles
  • IBM produced SABRE

    IBM produced SABRE

    Evoution of the Computer
    IBM produced SABRE, the first airline reservation tracking system for American Airlines
  • ARPANET

    ARPANET

    Wikipedia
    The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was one of the world's first operational packet switching networks.
  • Intel made the LSI circuits

    Intel made the LSI circuits

    Evolution of the Computer
    Circuits that were used in digital delay line, the first digital audio device
  • The Magnavox Odessey Released

    The Magnavox Odessey Released

    Wikipedia
    The odessey used cartridges that mainly consisted of jumpers that enabled/disabled various switches in the unit. This let you play several different games on the same system.
  • Ethernet

    Ethernet

    Wikipedia
    Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks. Ethernet was commercially introduced in 1980
  • Apple made the first Macintosh

    Apple made the first Macintosh

    Evolution of the Computer
    Apple computer introduced the macintosh personal computer
  • The Legend of Zelda

    The Legend of Zelda

    wikipedia
    The legend of zelda helped establish the action-adventure genre. Coombining elements from different geners to create a hybrid
  • The C64GS and GX4000

    The C64GS and GX4000

    Wikipedia
    Commodore and Amstrad entered the console market with their C64GS and GX4000 game machines. These were both based on the 8-bit computers of their manufacturers
  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth

    Wikipedia
    Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances. It uses short-wavelength radio transmissions.
  • Game Consoles Banned in Japan

    Game Consoles Banned in Japan

    Wikipedia
    After the ban on game consoles the popularity of computer games exploded. Especially MMOs
  • Skyrim released

    Skyrim released

    Skyrim
    Skyrim is the fifth game in the elder scrolls series. It is one of the most popular RPG games today.