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“Enabling E-commerce” Launch event, 11 December 2017 (27239205469) An enabling technology is an invention or innovation that can be applied to drive radical change in the capabilities of a user or culture. Enabling technologies are characterized by rapid development of subsequent derivative technologies, often in diverse fields.
Berners-Lee was born in London on 8 June 1955, [24] the son of mathematicians and computer scientists Mary Lee Woods (1924–2017) and Conway Berners-Lee (1921–2019). His parents were both from Birmingham and worked on the Ferranti Mark 1, the first commercially-built computer.
Federico Faggin joined Intel from Fairchild in 1970 as the project leader and designer of the MCS-4 family of microprocessors, which included the 4004, the world's first single-chip microprocessor. [16] Fairchild was not taking advantage of the SGT and Faggin wanted to use his new technology to design advanced chips.
Michael John Aldrich (22 August 1941 – 19 May 2014) was an English inventor, innovator and entrepreneur. [1] In 1979 he invented online shopping [2] to enable online transaction processing between consumers and businesses, [3] or between one business and another, a technique known later as e-commerce. [4]
Mick Ebeling (born June 26, 1970) [1] is an American inventor, entrepreneur, author, speaker and philanthropist who focuses on developing technology that benefits humanity. . Ebeling is the recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award [2] and was named as one of the Top 50 Most Creative People by Fortune Magazine, a Wired Agent of Change, [3] two time SXSW Innovation Award ...
Robert "Bob" Melancton Metcalfe (born April 7, 1946) [2] [3] is an American engineer and entrepreneur who contributed to the development of the internet in the 1970s. He co-invented Ethernet, co-founded 3Com, and formulated Metcalfe's law, which describes the effect of a telecommunications network.
Clark was born in Plainview, Texas, on March 23, 1944.He dropped out of high school at 16 and spent four years in the US Navy, where he was introduced to electronics.. Clark began taking night courses at Tulane University's University College where, despite his lack of a high school diploma, he was able to earn enough credits to be admitted to the University of New Or
On March 24, 2014, Mozilla made the decision to appoint Eich as CEO of Mozilla Corporation. [12] [13] [14] The appointment triggered widespread criticism due to Eich's past political donations [18] – specifically, a 2008 donation of $1,000 to California Proposition 8, which called for the banning of same-sex marriage in California, [19] and donations in the amount of $2,100 to Proposition 8 ...