29-1 The Technological Revolution
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer World’s first electronic digital computer Weighed 30 tons, took up 1800 square feet
Integrated Circuit A complete electronic circuit on a single chip of the element silicon Made circuits much easier to manufacture
Silicon Valley Nick name for the area south of San Francisco Many electronics companies based here
Apple Computers Steve Wozniak and Steven Jobs wanted to start a company to build computers for personal use Started Apple Computers in 1976 First practical and affordable home computer
International Business Machines (IBM) First “Personal Computer” or PC Apple responds with Macintosh with a “mouse”
Bill Gates Co-founded Microsoft to design PC software (age 19) developed the MS-DOS operating system for IBM 1985 –Microsoft introduces Windows Billionaire by age 31
The Internet First version was ARPANET (Advanced Research Project Agency Network) used by the Dept. of Defense to link government agencies, defense contractors, and scientists National Science Foundation funded supercomputer centers across the country -led to the Internet -.com companies
Biotechnology DNA structure deciphered by Francis Crick and James Watson DNA is the genetic material in cells that determine all forms of life Improved medical research and law enforcement
Human Genome Project National Institutes of Health Attempt to map out the human genome by recording the DNA sequence of the human species All data on the internet to make it available to scientists all over the world for free 1 st map of human genome completed in 2001