Konrad Zuse Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world’s first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Born: 22 June 1910, Berlin, Germany Died: 18 December 1995, Hünfeld, Germany Spouse: Gisela Brandes (m. 1945–1995) Children: Horst Zuse, Klaus Peter Zuse, Monika Zuse Gruden, Friedrich Zuse, more Awards: Werner von SiemensContinue reading “First coder”
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Father of modern coding
Dennis Ritchie Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist. He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system and B programming language. Born: 9 September 1941, Bronxville, New York, United States Died: 12 October 2011, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States Nationality: American Books: The C Programming Language. 2nd Edition. Awards: Turing Award, National MedalContinue reading “Father of modern coding”
Adam Osborne
Adam Osborne was a British-American author, book and software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer. Born: 6 March 1939, Bangkok, Thailand Died: 18 March 2003, Kodaikanal Nationality: American Parents: Arthur Osborne Books: An Introduction to Microcomputers
Journey of Apps
apps emerged from early PDAs, through the addictively simple game Snake on the Nokia 6110 phone, to the first 500 apps in the Apple App Store when it made its debut in July 2008. After starting the graphic, click the bottom-right button to go full-screen.
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday FRS was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Born: 22 September 1791, Newington Butts, London, United Kingdom Died: 25 August 1867, Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, United Kingdom Nationality: BritishKnown for: Faraday’s law of induction, Electrochemistry, Faraday effect, Faraday cage, more Awards: Royal Society Bakerian Medal, Copley Medal, RoyalContinue reading “Michael Faraday”
Founder of blogging
The Early Years. It’s generally recognized that the first blog was Links.net, created by Justin Hall, while he was a Swarthmore College student in 1994. Of course, at that time they weren’t called blogs, and he just referred to it as his personal homepage. It wasn’t until 1997 that the term “weblog” was coined
John McCarthy
John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. McCarthy was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence.[1] He coined the term “artificial intelligence” (AI),[2] developed the Lisp programming language family, significantly influenced the design of the ALGOL programming language, popularized time-sharing, invented garbage collection, and was very influential in the early development of AI.ProfessorJohn McCarthyPh.D.John McCarthy atContinue reading “John McCarthy”
First computer
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first electronic programmable computer built in the U.S. Although the ENIAC was similar to the Colossus, it was much faster, more flexible, and it was Turing-complete.
Chuck Hall
Chuck Hull is the co-founder, executive vice president and chief technology officer of 3D Systems. He is an inventor of the solid imaging process known as stereolithography, the first commercial rapid prototyping technology, and the STL file format. Born: 12 May 1939 (age 81 years), Clifton, Colorado, United States Nationality: American Organization founded: 3D Systems Awards: IRI Achievement Award Parents: Esther Hull, LesterContinue reading “Chuck Hall”
What are Disadvantages of Technology
Before discuss this topic first of all discuss what is technology Technology – It is an technique which dedicated for generating tools, processing and the removal of using of materials and hand work. Technology is defined as a products and processes used to simplify several tasks and removal of hand work in which it takesContinue reading “What are Disadvantages of Technology”