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A big step is taken towards automated computation, Compaq Computer makes a big purchase and NASA begins its Mars Exploration Rover Mission … It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1887 – US Inventor Herman Hollerith submitted his patent application for the ‘Art of Compiling Statistics’, which was his punched card […]
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Thomas Edison flops, Henry Ford completes his first car, and Apple releases their first consumer product… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This Week in 1848 – William Young of Baltimore, MD patented a hand-cranked paddle freezer and invented the technique that survives today. It cut the time from hours to minutes and […]
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This Week in Tech History: A Dragon Heads to the Space Station
Chris Graveline
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The telegraph industry is born, the first 3D cartoon premiers and a dragon flies to the space station… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1844 – Samuel Morse sent the first message via telegraph. The message, “What hath God wrought”, a quote from the bible, was sent from a committee […]
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The first city-wide fire alarm system goes into operation, Nikola Tesla describes his AC power system and pianos play themselves … It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1857 – William Channing and Moses Farmer received a patent for a fire alarm telegraph. In this time before telephones, the purpose of […]
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