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Computers:
First computer invented:
When most people think of the first computer invented, they think of Bill Gates. However, this is not true, as the computer was invented long before Bill Gates existed. Bill Gates just revolutionized the computer, created a more compact and useful form of the computer and made it available to everyone who had 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. However, I 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 Z3 and it was used to help design German aircraft and missiles. Then, in 1943, the Allied forces developed a computer called Colossus. Helped decode German messages.
The Mark I, designed by Howard H. Aiken, an engineer who works with Harvard and IBM. The Mark I was really huge, taking up half a football field. However, it was useful and helped 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, in collaboration with the government and the University of Pennsylvania. ENIAC was about 1,000 times faster than The Mark I, but not 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 that the computer runs. Finally, computer research brought us smaller, more useful computers, and finally the types of computers we have today.
First laptops invented:
Although it is a bit difficult to determine what the first laptop or notebook was, and when it was invented, we can say that there is more than one claim to fame of the laptop. There were even signs of laptops dating back to 1979. Designed by a Briton, William Moggridge, for use by NASA in the early 1980s. It was a fifth of the weight of any equivalent model in performance and was a laptop with 340K byte bubble memory with die-cast magnesium case and foldable electroluminescent graphics display screen.
Since then, the portable PCs released in 1981 have become the first. It was the Epson HX-20, a battery-powered laptop with a 20-character by 4-line LCD screen and a built-in printer, that started the new widespread desire for these laptops.
In January 1982, Kazuhiko Nishi and Bill Gates of Microsoft start discussions on the design of a portable computer, based on the use of a new liquid crystal display, or LCD screen. LCD technology in 1982? Yes it’s correct! Believe it or not, we had the technology to make the LCD TVs and monitors you’ve recently seen more than 22 years ago. But that is another story in itself.
First PDAs invented:
First of all, PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant in case you don’t already know. In 1993, Apple Computer Inc. released the first PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) “The Newton®”. For the next three years, PDA sales declined and almost skyrocketed. Then, in March 1996, Palm(TM), Inc. delivered the industry’s first truly attractive handheld computer, the PalmPilot. There are so many PDA companies and products today that they don’t even bother to mention.
Some things you can do on a PDA:
Get a wireless connection
Browse the web
Play music and video files
Watch movies with 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 messaging tools
Change the theme of your Pocket PC
Project your Pocket PC screen on your desktop
To study
do your taxes
Some PDA programs:
Pharmaceutical/Medical Resources PDA Software
Medical Calculators PDA Software
Learning Tools PDA Software
Patient Tracking PDA Software
Document Readers PDA Software
PDA software for medical equipment
Databases PDA Software
PDA printing software
PDA news and information services
Street and Maps Software PDA
Bible Study PDA Software
Voice command PDA software
Language Translator PDA Software
PDA tax software
Home entertainment technology:
Home Entertainment really is just a collaboration of all of our entertainment technologies in one package that is sure not to disappoint. Home entertainment systems have many different parts that together give us the feeling of being in the theater.
Plasma TV
LCD screen 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 go back to 1862 when the abbot Giovanna Caselli invents his “pantelegraph” and becomes the first person to transmit a still image through cables. In 1900, at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, the 1st International Congress of Electricity was held, where the Russian, Constantin Perskyi, made the first known use of the word “television”. In 1930 Charles Jenkins broadcast the first television commercial. The BBC begins regular television broadcasts.
Then, over the years, 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, large-screen projection televisions were first commercialized. Followed by Sony’s launch of the first home videocassette recorder in 1976. By the time 1996 rolled around, there were a billion television sets worldwide.
First DVD player invented:
We can only assume that the transition from CDs and CD players to DVDs and DVD players was not that difficult. The technology was already there for them. So the DVD player was surely invented before or just after the DVD was invented. DVDs are the work of many companies and many people. The DVD evolved from the CD and related technologies. Companies such as Sony, Philips, Toshiba, Matsushita, Time Warner and others announced the new “high-density” DVD in September 1995.
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