Friday, January 30, 2009

How nine of the world’s largest tech companies got started

http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/10/how-nine-of-the-worlds-largest-tech-companies-got-started/

Time




click on the picture and it will make it bigger. you still cant really read everything on this picture but its interesting i didnt really think about the clock when we started this blog but its crazy how much it has changed it started out as a stick in the ground using shadows now we have all types of crazy clocks and watches that do more then just tell the time.

History of Technology

Vintage technology

If you go to the left hand side of the page there are links of old technology like tv's and audio equipment, its crazy that we even used some of this. i cant even imagaine the time when it was the best on the market.

http://www.oldtechnology.net/

Thursday, January 29, 2009

The adding machine




can i say wow, this is hilarious its not even called a calculator yet its called an adding machine

http://www.vintage-technology.info/pages/domestic/bissetex.htm

90's tEch

The NEW MACintosh

I thought this was cool...


Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The telescope

Invented by Galileo, it was created to look in the far beyond reach of space. proof that man will invent technology to serve his curiosity.


http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/instruments/telescope.html

Enigma


I think because of WWII and the arms race, the world not only suffered, but got its foot in the door to some of the major technological advancements.
Check this out...

Monday, January 26, 2009

The 7 Worst Tech Predictions of All Time

The following is an interesting article about technology predictions that haven't materialized. Some of these are actually rather amusing.

http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=16829041

The '1984' Super Bowl Mac ad

This is the commercial Apple used to introduce the Macintosh computer to the world during the 1984 Super Bowl.