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Technology shock – sudden changes in technology that significantly affect economic, social, political or other outcomes Technology stack – Set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
1861: Grade school teacher Philipp Reis presents his telephone in Frankfurt, inventing the loudspeaker as a by-product. 1867: French poet and philosopher Charles Cros (1842–1888) presents the construction principle of a phonograph in his 'paréophone', which turned out not to be a commercial success at the time.
1928: Frank Whittle formally submitted his ideas for a turbo-jet engine. In October 1929, he developed his ideas further. [469] On 16 January 1930, Whittle submitted his first patent (granted in 1932). [470] 1928: Philo Farnsworth demonstrates the first practical electronic television to the press. 1929: The ball screw is invented by Rudolph G ...
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Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. [1] The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [2] [3] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software.
Timeline of computing presents events in the history of computing organized by year and grouped into six topic areas: predictions and concepts, first use and inventions, hardware systems and processors, operating systems, programming languages, and new application areas.
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1705 – Francis Hauksbee improves von Guericke's electrostatic generator by using a glass globe and generates the first sparks by approaching his finger to the rubbed globe. 1728 – James Bradley discovers the aberration of starlight and uses it to determine that the speed of light is about 283,000 km/ s