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The Birth of Video Games
January 15, 1968 Ralph Baer, generally considered the father of the video game industry, applies for a patent on a TV game system he designed. This patent eventually leads to the Magnavox Odssey, the first home video game machine. Ralph Baer is also well-known for many other products such as the electronic game SIMON. The Birth…
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IETF Meets For the First Time
January 15, 1986 This day is the first meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force. According to the IETF’s web site, “The mission of the IETF is to make the Internet work better by producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.” I’m sure this sounds…
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NCSA Opens
January 15, 1986 The National Science Foundation opens the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. In 1992 – 1993, Marc Andreesen would invent his Mosaic web browser while a student there, which he later transformed into Netscape. I remember opening the Mosaic program on a Mac in my dorm’s computer lab in…
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Wikipedia Goes Online; Bookshelves Clear Up
January 15, 2001 Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. Door-to-door encyclopedia salespeople mourn while bookshelves everywhere suddenly have more room for other books. Wikipedia Goes Online; Bookshelves Clear Up is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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First Car Built on Assembly Line
January 14, 1914 The first car to be built on an assembly line was completed today, a Model-T Ford. First Car Built on Assembly Line is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Probe Lands on Titan
January 14, 2005 The European Space Agency’s Huygens probe lands on Saturn‘s moon Titan. This was the first landing ever accomplished in the outer solar system. Probe Lands on Titan is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Adding Machine Patented
January 13, 1874 The U.S. Patent Office issues a patent for the Spalding Adding Machine. The precursor of calculators and computers, mechanical adding machines could do simple arithmetic and were popular in businesses until supplanted by computers in the 1960s. Adding Machine Patented is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in…
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First Public Radio Performance
January 13, 1910 The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. First Public Radio Performance is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by…
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First Public Radio Performance
January 13, 1910 The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. First Public Radio Performance is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by…
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Friday the 13th Virus Gets Brits
January 13, 1989 The “Friday the 13th” virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain. This is one of the most famous early examples of a computer virus making headlines. Over twenty years later, while other companies have systems that are practically immune to virues, Microsoft still hasn’t been able to develop a solution to prevent…