Today in History – February 14, 1946 – ENIAC, the world’s first digital electronic computer, is unveiled. ENIAC – Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer – the world’s first operational, general purpose, electronic digital computer, developed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania. The ENIAC and the invention of the [...]
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Engineering Education Blog: ENIAC and Women in Computing
February 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: First Barbie doll goes on sale and the recent announcement of the first computer engineer Barbie
February 13th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – February 13, 1959 – the first Barbie doll goes on sale. Barbie’s inventor, Ruth Handler, was inspired by seeing that her daughter, Barbie, and her girl friends enjoyed playing with adult female dolls, but most dolls at the time were baby dolls. Handler created 3D models of dolls that she thought [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Kilby applies for patent for integrated circuit
February 6th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – February 6, 1959 - Kilby patents the integrated circuit.
Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce at the small Fairchild Semiconductor start-up company were both working on the concept of an integrated circuit in 1958. Prior to this invention, only parts of a circuit – such as the transistor [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Release of the first version of the Java programming language
January 23rd, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – January 23, 1996 – The first version of the Java programming language is released. Java was developed independently of the Web, starting in 1991 with a small group of Sun engineers called the “Green Team”. Their vision was that the next wave in computing was the union of digital consumer [...]
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Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Hollerith patents tabulating machine
January 8th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – January 8, 1889 – Hollerith patents tabulating machine. Herman Hollerith is widely regarded as the father of modern automatic computation. He chose the punched card as the basis for storing and processing information and he built the first punched-card tabulating and sorting machines as well as the first key punch, [...]
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