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The invention of the microchip in 1949 - dramatically reduced the physical size of computers.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoHow has the invention of Microchip changed computers as we know it today
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∙ 7y agoIt changed the size, speed and capacity of computers. A computer that fits in a watch once filled several rooms.
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∙ 11y agobecause it wanted to
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What is the Technological Age?
With all this new groundbreaking technology in cell phones, televisions, computers, game systems, cars, I think we are in the Technological Age, which I'm guessing started some time in the early 1900s.
Who developed the basic concept of the atom?
John Dalton was the first person to propose the idea of the atom as the smallest particle in 1803. However, equipment needed to prove the theory was not available until the late 1900s.
What has been one problem with food packaging technology?
Environmental pollution as the result of food companies seeking to lower operating cost to increase profits. Milk was delivered in glass bottles in the early 1900s for recycling. As the market expanded, plastic and waxed paper replaced it to meet supply and demand.
What technology was there in 1919?
By 1910, many suburban homes had been wired up with power and new electric gadgets were being patented with fervor. On February 27, 1912, in New York, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays when doctors removed a nail from a boy's lungs. On November 8, 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry, discovering a new source called radium. One thing that is very important is the telephone and traffic light. Another thing that was invented was the refrigerator. Vacuum cleaners and washing machines had just become commercially available, though were still too expensive for many middle-class families. The telephone was introduced in 1910, with millions of American homes already connected by manual switchboard. Advances in the use of gases chilled the world out with the release of the first electric refrigerators and air-conditioning units, while French inventor Georges Claude harnessed neon in glass tubes and debuted neon lighting in Paris, changing the face of seedy advertising forever. Also: Bakelite plastic Escalators Teabags Cellophane Instant coffee Disposable razor blades Zipper The pop-up toaster was developed in 1919. Source: http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1910.htm http://www.livescience.com/5980-100-years-amazing-technology-1910.html
Blue eyes technology?
A researcher at Stanford has created an alternative to the mouse that allows a person using a computer to click links, highlight text, and scroll simply by looking at the screen and tapping a key on the keyboard. By using standard eye-tracking hardware--a specialized computer screen with a high-definition camera and infrared lights--Manu Kumar, a doctoral student who works with computer-science professor Terry Winograd, has developed a novel user interface that is easy to operate. "Eye-tracking technology was developed for disabled users," Kumar explains, "but the work that we're doing here is trying to get it to a point where it becomes more useful for able-bodied users." He says that nondisabled users tend to have a higher standard for easy-to-use interfaces, and previously, eye-tracking technology that disabled people use hasn't appealed to them. At the heart of Kumar's technology is software called EyePoint that works with standard eye-tracking hardware. The software uses an approach that requires that a person look at a Web link, for instance, and hold a "hot key" on the keyboard (usually found on the number pad on the right) as she is looking. The area of the screen that's being looked at becomes magnified. Then, the person pinpoints her focus within the magnified region and releases the hot key, effectively clicking through to the link. Kumar's approach could take eye-tracking user interfaces in the right direction. Instead of designing a common type of gaze-based interface that is controlled completely by the eyes--for instance, a system in which a user gazes at a given link, then blinks in order to click through--he has involved the hand, which makes the interaction more natural. "He's got the right idea to let the eye augment the hand," says Robert Jacob, professor of computer science at Tufts University, in Medford, MA. Rudimentary eye-tracking technology dates back to the early 1900s. Using photographic film, researchers captured reflected light from subjects' eyes and used the information to study how people read and look at pictures. But today's technology involves a high-resolution camera and a series of infrared light-emitting diodes. This hardware is embedded into the bezel of expensive monitors; the one Kumar uses cost $25,000. The camera picks up the movement of the pupil and the reflection of the infrared light off the cornea, which is used as a reference point because it doesn't move. Even the best eye tracker isn't perfect, however. "The eye is not really very stable," says Kumar. Even when a person is fixated on a point, the pupil jitters. So he wrote an algorithm that allows the computer to smooth out the eye jitters in real time. The rest of the research, says Kumar, involves studying how people look at a screen and figuring out a way to build an interface that "does not overload the visual channel." In other words, he wanted to make its use feel natural to the user. One of the important features of the interface, says Kumar, is that it works without a person needing to control a cursor. Unlike the mouse-based system in ubiquitous use today, EyePoint provides no feedback on where a person is looking. Previous studies have shown that it is distracting to a person when she is aware of her gaze because she consciously tries to control its location. In the usability studies that Kumar conducted, he found that people's performance dropped when he implemented a blue dot that followed their eyes.
Does the 1900s have computers phones VCR email internet ATM?
NO
What is true about the imperialist nations in Africa during the early 1900s?
They had the potential to drastically change most aspects of the culture in the countries they colonized
Was slavery during the 1900s?
yes
Which of these statements is an incorrect summary of the changes in households during the 1900s?
The statement "The size of U.S. households rose steadily during the 1900s" is incorrect.
How much did a computer cost in the 1900s?
How much did personal computers cost from 1900-2010?
When was the personal camcorder invented?
during the 1900s!!!!asswholes
Were did the us limit immigration from during the 1900s?
China
What names were popular during the 1900s?
Jackie, Carly
How was education in Canada during the 1900s?
education was epic
Was the west densely populated in 1781?
No, the west was not densely populated in 1781. The population began to change rapidly during the 1800s and into the 1900s when the west became more settled.
Why was there a rapid increase in population during the 1900s?
loosing Aaliyah
How many Maryland counties was the Baltimore Checkerspot in during the 1900s?
no answer
