The Analytical
Engine of Charles Babbage was never completed in his lifetime, but his son
Henry Provost Babbage built the mill portion of the machine from his father’s
drawing, and on January 21, 1888, computed multiples of pi to prove the adequacy
of the design. Perhaps this represents the first successful test of a portion of
his earlier machine, the Difference Engine, was sold at auction by Christie’s
of London to the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney Australia.
1957 – NBC taped and broadcast President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second inauguration address, further popularizing the taping of video.
1957 – NBC taped and broadcast President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second inauguration address, further popularizing the taping of video.
1976 – Concorde Begins
Commercial Flights
Commercial
service of the Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. The
only commercial supersonic jet, the Concorde could travel between New York and
London in about 3.5 hours. The Concorde flew commercially for 27 years until
being retired on November 26, 2003.
1981 – The First Delorean
DMC-12
While getting
this up to 88 miles per hour doesn’t take you back in time, it was still a cool
car to have. The first production Delorean DMC-12 was built. A Prototype was
made back in 1976 and all Deloreans were made in Ireland.
9,000 Deloreans were made before financial issues got to the
company in 1983. A revival was attempted and announcements of an all-electric
Delorean (with prototype), but as of this point has not come out of Vaporware.
There is one gold-plated Delorean in Reno, NV. I also got to
experience the original “Back to the Future” Delorean at CES 2014.
2000 – Twitter.com is Born
The domain
name twitter.com was registered. However, it wasn’t until 2006 that the domain
was purchased by Twitter, Inc. and took the form we know today.
2004 – The Mars Rover Spirit abruptly stopped transmitting. Apparently too many files had been written to the flash memory and it went into fault mode.
2015 – Microsoft announced more details about Windows 10, the Microsoft Surface Hub, an 84-inch 4K whiteboard TV, and Windows Holographic. Using HoloStudio and HoloLens, Windows Holographic promised to bring holograms into everyday use.
2004 – The Mars Rover Spirit abruptly stopped transmitting. Apparently too many files had been written to the flash memory and it went into fault mode.
2015 – Microsoft announced more details about Windows 10, the Microsoft Surface Hub, an 84-inch 4K whiteboard TV, and Windows Holographic. Using HoloStudio and HoloLens, Windows Holographic promised to bring holograms into everyday use.
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