1894 –Norbert Wiener Born
Cybernetics author Norbert Wiener
is born. Weiner’s book, published in 1948, was a major influence on later
research into artificial intelligence. In the book, Weiner drew on World War II
experiments with anti-aircraft systems that anticipated the course of enemy
planes by interpreting radar images. Weiner also did extensive analysis of
brain waves and explored the similarities between the human brain and a modern
computing machine capable of memory association, choice, and decision making.
1922 – “Toll of the Sea” debuted. It
was the first color movie that didn’t require a special projector, the second
Technicolor film ever, and the first in wide release.
1996 – MP3 Patented in US
United States Patent 5,579,430 is
granted to the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany for a “digital encoding
process”, the technology used in MEPG Audio Layer III, more commonly known as
MP3. MP3 technology paved the way for the digital music industry by creating a
high-quality format that was compressible so that many songs could fit on the
relatively small data storage devices of the time. Fraunhofer had started work
on compressing music as far back as 1977, began work on what would become MP3
in 1987, and was awarded a patent in Germany in 1989.
2001 – Intel at TeraHertz
One problem with technology is
that you hit limitations, mostly due to materials used or how small machines
can make parts like transistors. For instance, today’s multi-core x86
processors will eventually be replaced because we won’t be able to put anymore
transistors on the die – It’s called “Moores Law”. Intel and AMD work hard to
get around this law – which is why x86 technology has been around since the
90’s. One thing scientists do to circumvent is to change the restructure the
transistor. In 2001, Intel did just that. They launched the TeraHertz – a new
transistor.
2003 - The final flight of a Concorde
ended when the supersonic jet touched down at Filton, Bristol, England, and the
airfield where it was built.
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