3rd Part of History of Computer

Find 5 pieces of technology that you think will revolutionize technology. Why do these pieces of technology impress you?

Cell phones, portable media players, home media centers etc…

 

 

5. My fifth technology is Free Energy. Having free energy means geothermal energy, Hydropower energy and solar power. Obviously they are available today as well; however, in the future these energy sources would upgrade for people to be able to use easily, affordable and more efficient.

 

4. My fourth place takes on flying cars. There are several flying cars that have been made already, yet they cannot fly for long and are very small making for only one driver. Flying cars uses hovering idea and propelling idea at he same time to make the car stop, go and park. Flying car would make the world more advance because there will be less traffic and less death. I think it will be dangerous as well because of computer malfunction but it will still be very useful

 

3. Time Machine replaces the third place of future technology. To go back in time, it would be wonderful and very useful. The ultimate question that I had for time machine is that “What would happen to others when I go back or ahead time?” and “What would happen to me in present if I go back or ahead time?” I would not know these answers until the day with time machine comes. However, if this machine comes out I would like to stay in the present and build my future.

 

2. My second future tech. is transporting also known as teleporting. In games, movies, books, anywhere where we come across has at least piece that mentioned transporting. This transporting is not transporting goods across the sea via boats or airplanes, yet is it a similar to time travel. From my room to the kitchen it takes me about 30 seconds. However, with teleporting technology, I could go to my kitchen in .00001seconds, or something else. I personally like this because then we don’t need cars or any transportation system and just teleport to wherever I desire to go.

 

1. And the anticipated #1 of my technology is the cure. It may sound simpler than any other lists that I wrote. However, imagine a world where no illness and death due to lack of medicine technology. I think that anyone who invents this universal cure, then he or she should be father or mother of the treatment and they should win a Nobel Prize for Medicine. Nothing can cure cancer, post-polio, or even a flu/cold with one pill or a medicine. I personally think that this universal cure would change the whole world.

2nd Part of History of Computer

Turing Machine- What is it? Explain the concept.
Apple Computer – What was their first product? Who built it? How successful was it? Where did it start?
Who were the next followers?
What was Bill Gates’ first product? What made him money? How did he begin to make money? How did his company influence the computer business?
What are all of the Windows operating systems ever created? Write out a simple timeline and some of the features and advances of each.

 

Turing Machine

             In 1936 Alan Turing, a British Mathematician, came up with an idea for an imaginary machine that could carry out all kinds of computations on numbers and symbols. Turing’s Machine is the first step of the modern theory of computation and computability even though it was invented nine years before the creation of the first electronic digital computer. This composed of an Input/Output Tape, The Turing Machine itself and a Rule List. The Turing Machine itself is pictured in this ‘black box’ that sits above the tape and reads in symbols one at a time from its head. Turing machines are basic abstract symbol-manipulating devices which, despite their simplicity, can be adapted to simulate the logic of any computer algorithm.

 

http://web.bvu.edu/faculty/schweller/Turing/Turing.html

 

Apple Computer

             The Apple I, also known as the Apple-1, was an early personal computer. They were designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak. Wozniak’s friend Steve Jobs had the idea of selling the computer. The Apple I was Apple’s first product. It went on sale in July 1976 at a price of $666.66, because Wozniak liked repeating digits and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $500 and added a one-third markup. They were sold in kits instead of pre-built ones. However, users still had to add a case, power supply, keyboard, and display. An optional board providing a cassette interface for storage was later released at a cost of $75.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I

 

Next Follower

             Apple II – Lisa – Macintosh- and today’s computers + accessories such as MAC mini, or an iPod

 

Bill Gates

             Bill Gates’ first product was an implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer when he was in Lakeside School during 8^th grade. Then he made Microsoft BASIC program with Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). After this he made the MS-DOS which made Microsoft a major company in the industry. Also, Gates made money from giving ownership to the IBM since he believed that hardware vendors would clone IBM’s system. The selling of MS-DOS made the Microsoft’s foot step to be rich today. Microsoft worked together with IBM when they announced that they are working on Windows NT kernel. After this, they developed their company and are a competing company to other computer companies.

 

Timeline

 

1975: BASIC – made with Allen, Gates’ partner. Used to cooperate with MITS

             This basically started Micro-Soft Company

1976: Microsoft was registered to USPTO

1980s: PC-DOS made by Microsoft and sold for US$80,000 for full ownership

1980s: MS-DOS also made by Microsoft with this copyright Microsoft prosperity.

1985: produces Microsoft Windows and develops this program.

1985: Signs contract with IBM to develop a separate operating system called OS/2.

1991: Microsoft announces that the OS/2 partnership was over and focusing on Windows NT kernel

1975-2006: Bill Gates worked on managements and pulls his company to success

2006: Gates announced that he would transition out of his day-to-day role over the next two years to dedicate              more time to philanthropy

Present: Gates is the Chairman of Microsoft and co-Chairman of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Geekbrief Product: NETGEAR Powerline

                The Powerline from NETGEAR is a really helpful product in many ways. Its main objective is to not let long cables around homes and it reduces the cables that we have to buy. Powerline provides with a wireless range extender in an easy to connect wall-plugged form factor. It’s plug-and-play installation means it is very easy to use. Turns any electrical outlet into a Home Network connection and share Internet connections, files and printers with PCs in different rooms with no new wires. Remotely connect your PCs, gaming consoles, or networked storage to a Internet connection. However, it is very limited in numerous PC connections. It will only connect certain number of cables and it cannot be added more.

14mpbs $59.99 – 54mpbs $89.99 – 84mpbs $149.99 – 200mpbs $149.99

-www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/-

Short paragraph on UPCOMMING TECHNOLOGY

                My new technology to the society is the electric car. An electric car is a type of alternative fuel car that utilizes electric motors and motor controllers instead of an engine. The electric power is usually derived from battery packs in the vehicle. An electric car is a rechargeable electric vehicle. Some of the car could go for 100km with a full charge overnight. Still with no gas, this car only runs with electricity. However, some say that there is a small engine inside for recharging the battery while driving, making the car go farther. In a normal car the engine is larger than the battery whereas in an electric car, the battery is larger than the engine. One example of an electric car is the Chevy VOLT.   

 

  

 

 

 

It will be introduced on 2010, probably very expensive.

1st Part of History of Computer

1st part

ENIAC – Size – switches – data entry -what was it used for?

Vacuum tubes size

Transistor – size advantage – materials used – 1st made by?

IC (integrated Circuit) – first made by who?

Timex Sinclair – what is it? Get a pic.

 

ENIAC (electronic numerical integrator and computer)

                Built By Martin H. Weik, 1961 from Ordnance Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. ENIAC is the world’s first electronic digital computer was developed by Army to compute World War II attacks. ENIAC is a huge computer of 17,468 vacuum tubes, 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 1,500 relays, and 6,000 manual switches1.  This machine weighed 27tons, 2.6 m by 0.9 m by 26 m in space, took up 63 m² and consumed 150 kW of energy2.

1 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt45en.html

2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC

 

Transistor

             In 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, working at Bell Telephone Laboratories, built the first “point contact” transistor. First transistors were made of paper clips and razor blades. Transistors can switch many times per second; they are smaller for switching small currents; and uses small amount of power.

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/trancirc.htm

 

IC (integrated Circuit)

             Made by both Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby yet no one know who the real creator of IC is.

Timex Sinclair

             The computer is composed of only four IC chips, and there are no video chips or co-processors. The CPU has to perform all of the tasks that are required of a computer, which means it executes the BASIC program and updates the screen at the same time, slowing the program speed.

 

First Home Computer

             Simon, from Berkeley Enterprises is the first computer. It is introduced in 1950, for about 300 dollars yet it was still a desktop computer. My first computer was the IBM PC.

 

Vacuum tube size

             Large and faster than light bulb with three fibers

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICT 11 Paragraph

Short Paragraphs for ICT 11

 

            I entered this class because it is related to Technology mainly through computer. In this course, I would like to be able to know almost everything that a computer is capable of doing. Mainly, I would like to know the basic programs, such as Microsoft Excel, or basic computer functions, such as the configuration of different computers. Since this course is ‘Information Communication Technology’ class, I would like to learn the title’s meaning and learn its details to the depth. To fulfill my goals, I will need the instructor’s guide, his teachings and most importantly my effort.

           

            I find computers very fascinating due to their functions. All technologies work from sensors and the computer within a technology controls all the different individual correspondents. From my keyboard to my computer an electrical current carries the information every time I write something. This aspect of computers interests me the most. All the different parts and mechanisms are all working together in order to run the machine. This is what some people do not know, the importance of each components and their ability to give pleasure to us.

           

           For me, I really do not think I could live without my computer. This computer is about 4 years yet it is always my source of information and a helper to my homework. I am though saving money for a new computer or to upgrade even more for this computer.

Definition for ICT

 Hard Drive: is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on    rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces.

 

CPU (Central Processing Unit): is a description of a class of logic machines that can execute computer programs.

 Motherboard: A motherboard is the central or primary printed circuit board (PCB) making up a complex electronic system, such as a modern computer. It is also known as a mainboard, baseboard, system board, planar board,

 Power Supply: is a reference to a source of electrical power. A device or system that supply electrical or other types of energy to an output load or group of. The term is most commonly applied to electrical energy supplies, less often to mechanical ones.

 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect): specifies a computer bus for attaching peripheral devices to a computer motherboard.

 PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express): officially abbreviated as PCI-E or PCIe, is a computer expansion card interface format introduced by Intel in 2004. PCI Express was designed to replace the general-purpose PCI expansion bus.

 USB (Universal Serial Bus): is a serial bus standard to interface devices to a host computer. USB was designed to allow many peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket and to improve the plug-and-play capabilities by allowing hot swapping, that is, by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer or turning off the device.

 Firewire (Apple’s name for IEEE 1394 interface)

 IEEE-1394: is a serial bus interface standard for high-speed communications frequently used in a personal computer. The interface is also known by the brand names of FireWire (Apple Inc.), i.LINK (Sony), and Lynx (Texas Instruments).

 LCD (liquid crystal display): a thin, flat display device made up of any number of color or monochrome pixels arrayed in front of a light source or reflector. It is often utilized in battery-powered electronic devices because it uses very small amounts of electric power.

 Plasma (in relation to screens) (plasma display panel (PDP)): is a type of flat panel display now commonly used for large TV displays. Many tiny cells located between two panels of glass hold an inert mixture of noble gases. The gas in the cells is electrically turned into plasma which then excites phosphors to emit light.

 HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface): is a compact audio/video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams.

 

 RAM (Random access memory): is a type of computer data storage. Today it takes the form of integrated circuits that allow the stored data to be accessed in any pie order.

 Flash Memory: is non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It is a technology that is primarily used in memory cards and USB flash drives for general storage and transfer of data between computers and other digital products. It is a specific type of EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) that is erased and programmed in large blocks

 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port): is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a graphics card to a computer’s motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.

 DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc): is a popular optical disc storage media format. Its main uses are video and data storage. Most DVDs are of the same dimensions as compact discs but store more than six times as much data.

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