1856 – Professor Hamilton L. Smith of
Gambier, Ohio received the first US patent for the tintype photographic picture
process. It described a method for “the obtaining of positive impression upon a
japanned surface previously prepared upon an iron or other metallic or mineral
sheet or plate by means of collodion and a solution of a salt of silver.”
1878 – Thomas Edison received a US patent
(No. 200521) for the phonograph. His first recording was of “Mary Had a Little
Lamb” spoken into a large horn which transmitted vibrations to a needle that
cut the recording on a hand-rotated cylinder.
1946 – Alan Turing Presents
the “Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic
Computing Engine (ACE)
This
research proposal was presented to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the
National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington, England, and approved at a
second meeting held a month later.
Turing based this research on von Neumann’s “First Draft of
a Report on the EDVAC.” He had studied it in summer 1945 when he was recruited
by J.R. Womersley to join the staff of the NPL.
1971 – First Warrant to Search
Computer Data
The first
warrant is issued to search a computer’s storage. This event would lead to
increasingly sophisticated method of encryption to hide computer files from law
enforcement agents.
1987 – In the Beginning
Apple.com Was Created
The
Internet domain apple.com is created. Note that this was a full 4 years before
the World Wide Web was launched or Microsoft.com was registered … I’m just
sayin’.
1990 – John and Thomas Knoll launched a
small software package for manipulating images meant to be bundled with
scanners. It was called Photoshop.
2002 - Odyssey, the first of six current
operational Mars vehicles began its mission to map the planet.
2008 – HD DVD Surrenders
The “war”
over the High Definition successor to the DVD ends when the supporters of the
HD DVD format discontinue it. The Sony-baked Blu-ray format had garnered the
support of many players in the industry, leading to the demise of HD DVD.
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