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Friday, September 2, 2011

World's First Photograph (1826): "View from the Window at Le Gras"


Centuries of advances in chemistry and optics, including the invention of the camera obscure, set the stage for the world’s first photograph. In 1826, French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, took that photograph, titled View from the Window at Le Gras at his family’s country home. Niépce produced his photo—a view of a courtyard and outbuildings seen from the house’s upstairs window—by exposing a bitumen-coated plate in a camera obscura for several hours on his windowsill.

World's First Microprocessor (1971): Intel 4004

A company called Intel publicly introduced the world's first single chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004 (U.S. Patent #3,821,715), in November, 1971, invented by Intel engineers Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, and Stan Mazor. After the invention of integrated circuits revolutionized computer design, the only place to go was down -- in size that is. 

 The Intel 4004 chip took the integrated circuit down one step further by placing all the parts that made a computer think (i.e. central processing unit, memory, input and output controls) on one small chip. Programming intelligence into inanimate objects had now become possible.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

World’s First Digital Camera: Kodak's engineer Steve Sasson; Year-1975


In December 1975, Kodak engineer Steve Sasson invented the world’s first digital camera.
Specification:
Color              : Black & White
Resolution       : 100 X 100 or 0.01 mega pixel
Storage           : Cassette tape
Capturing time : 23 sec
 

World's First Computer Mouse: by Douglas Engelbart; Year- 1964



The world's first computer mouse consisted of two gear-wheels positioned perpendicular to each other -- which allows movement through 1 axis. It had ergonomic shape, great button placement, and made of wood. It was manufactured by Douglas Engelbart in 1964.

World's First Motorcycle (1885): Daimler's "riding car"



German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart) first designed and built the Motorcycle by the in 1885.  It was also the first petroleum-powered vehicle.  It was essentially a motorised bicycle, although the inventors called their invention the Reitwagen or "riding car".